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Six crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis and sank in the Red Sea, a European naval mission says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C was carrying 25 crew when it sustained significant damage and lost all propulsion after being hit by rocket-propelled grenades fired from small boats on Monday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack continued on Tuesday and search rescue operations commenced overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the Eternity C because it was heading to Israel, and that they took an unspecified number of crew to a “safe location”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US embassy in Yemen said the Houthis had “kidnapped many surviving crew members” and called for their immediate release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities in the Philippines said 21 of the crew were citizens. Another of them is a Russian national who was severely wounded in the attack and lost a leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the second vessel the Houthis have sunk in a week, after the group on Sunday launched missiles and drones at another Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ship, Magic Seas, which they claimed “belong[ed] to a company that violated the entry ban to the ports of occupied Palestine”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Video footage released by the Houthis on Tuesday showed armed men boarding the vessel and setting off a series of explosions which caused it to sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All 22 crew of Magic Seas were safely rescued by a passing merchant vessel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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