3 Indian sailors confirmed dead in US strike on oil tanker

Three Indian mariners were killed on board a tanker struck by U.S. forces earlier this week over allegedly violating Washington’s blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, according to New Delhi.

Indian Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the three people were killed in the “tragic incident” aboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello. The seafarers were initially reported missing but were confirmed dead after their bodies had been located and identified, he said Thursday in a post to social platform X.

The U.S. military earlier said ​it disabled the vessels MT Marivex and the Settebello, with ​Indian seafarers aboard both. 

U.S. Central Command (Centcom), the military arm overseeing American forces in the Middle East, accused the Settebello of having “violated the ongoing blockade by attempting to transport oil from Iran” and fired precision munitions into the boats’ engine room Tuesday.

The kinetic action drew swift pushback from India, which........

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