US-Iran war: Indian seafarer killed in attack near Iraq

The death of the Indian seafarer happened in the attack on a US-owned oil tanker near Iraq.

Amid the ongoing US-Iran war, an Indian seafarer was killed in an attack on a US-owned oil tanker near Iraq, as per reports. The Indian seafarer was killed in the attack, taking the number of Indian sailors killed since the start of the conflict to three.

An Indian seafarer was killed in an attack on a US-owned oil tanker near Iraq.

A total of 24 Indian-flagged vessels with 677 Indian seafarers are located to the west of the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Iran conflict. In an attack on the US-owned oil tanker near Iraq, an Indian seafarer was killed. The US-owned oil tanker Safesea Vishnu, which was sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, was attackednear Basra, Iraq, on Wednesday, the Indian embassy in Baghdad said on social media on Thursday. The embassy said that an Indian crew member “unfortunately lost his life” in the attack, and the remaining 15 Indian crew members of the tanker were “evacuated to a safe place.”

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The embassy in Baghdad is in regular contact with Iraqi authorities and the rescued Indian sailors and is offering all possible assistance. “Embassy extends its deepest condolences to the family members of the deceased crew member,” the social media post said. An Indian crew member of MKD Vyom, a tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, was killed when the vessel was attacked by a drone boat 52 nautical miles off the coast of the Muscat governorate in the initial days of the conflict. An Indian seafarer was killed, and another reportedly went missing when the Palau-flagged oil tanker Skylight was targeted by Iranian forces in waters near Oman’s Musandam ‌peninsula.

On Wednesday, Indian officials said that 24 Indian-flagged merchant vessels are currently in the Persian Gulf. Indians make up almost 12% of the global seafaring workforce, with a total of more than 320,000 active sailors, and attacks on merchant vessels during most conflicts in West Asia have resulted in Indian casualties.