Three crew members were killed and two were seriously injured in a Houthi attack on the bulk carrier True Confidence. The Barbados-flagged and Greek-operated vessel was traveling from Lianyugang, China, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and was about 50 nautical miles from the Port of Aden when it was struck by a missile yesterday.
The 20 crew members and three guards were evacuated by the Indian navy and were taken to a hospital in Djibouti. Of the three crew members killed, two were Filipinos and one was Vietnamese.
Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated on X:
The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against the American ship (TRUE CONFIDENCE) in the Gulf of Aden, with a number of appropriate naval missiles. The strike was accurate, led to a fire breaking out on it. The targeting operation came after the ship’s crew rejected warning messages from the Yemeni naval forces. The Yemeni armed forces renew their alert to all ships in response to calls from the Yemeni naval forces, and all crews of the targeted ships must quickly leave after the first attack.
