24 Indian Seafarers Safe After Tanker Incidents in Strait of Hormuz and Romania
Major attack in Hormuz: Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal stated on Friday that ships carrying 24 Indian sailors were attacked in two separate incidents, but all are safe, and no one was killed or injured.
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17 Oct 2026
The tensions in the Middle East seem to have no end. Attacks on Indian ships are still happening in Hormuz. In addition, two ships with Indians onboard have also been attacked in Hormuz.
The Union Minister for Shipping, Sarbananda Sonowal, said on Friday that two separate attacks happened on ships with 24 Indians onboard but all of them are safe and nobody was harmed.
In an Instagram post, Sarbananda Sonowal informed that crude oil tanker MT ST 3 had been attacked by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on 16 October. This ship had 15 Indian sailors onboard. The other attack took place on 14 October at Sulina Anchorage, Romania, where chemical tanker Yara J with nine Indian sailors onboard had been attacked by a drone.
