
Four presumed dead and 11 missing after Houthi attack on cargo ship
Ten people were recovered alive from the attack, including eight Filipino crew members and a Greek and Indian from the vessel's three-man security team.
Fifteen people remain unaccounted for, including the four presumed dead, the EU mission said.
Houthi supporters attend a weekly protest against the US and Israel in Sanaa (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP)
'All nearby vessels are advised to have a sharp look out,' a spokesman added.
The Houthis have said they hold some of the crew. The US Embassy in Yemen — which has operated from Saudi Arabia for about a decade — has described the Houthis as having 'kidnapped' the mariners.
The death toll is the highest from any seaborne assault carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the crucial maritime trade route where 1 trillion dollars in cargo once passed through annually.
The rebels say they are attacking ships to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, and have in total sunk four vessels and killed sailors who had no direct role in the war.
The attack on the Eternity C followed the sinking of the bulk carrier Magic Seas in a similar attack last weekend. Neither the European naval force nor the US had been escorting the two vessels when they were attacked.
The Houthis have held mariners in the past. After seizing the vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader in November 2023, the rebels held the crew until January this year.
From November 2023 to December 2024, the Houthis targeted more than 100 ships with missiles and drones.
They stopped their attacks during a brief ceasefire in the war. They later became the target of an intense weeks-long campaign of air strikes ordered by US President Donald Trump before he declared a ceasefire had been reached with the rebels.
A new possible ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war — as well as the future of talks between the US and Iran over Tehran's battered nuclear programme — remain in the balance.
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