Japan-owned tanker attacked by drone fired from Iran in Indian Ocean

A Japanese-owned business tanker was attacked by a drone launched from Iran within the Indian Ocean on Saturday, inflicting a fireplace however leaving nobody injured, the U.S. Division of Protection stated.

The Liberian-flagged, Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck about 370 kilometers off India “by a one-way assault drone fired from Iran,” the Pentagon stated in a press release, including the fireplace on board has been extinguished.

The Related Press reported the tanker had ties with Israel, citing a British maritime safety agency.

The tanker, which was carrying 20 Indians and one Vietnamese, had left Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and was heading to Mangalore, southwestern India, in keeping with the U.S. Protection Division and the Indian Coast Guard.

However the vessel determined to move to Mumbai for repairs and to have the injury assessed with the help of the Indian Coast Guard.

The incident got here amid a collection of assaults on ships within the Purple Sea because the begin of the battle between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which started on Oct. 7.