Sailor dies as dhow gets caught in Strait crossfire
Mumbai, May 9 -- A Gujarat sailor died and five others were injured after dhow was caught in crossfire in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to a seafarers association representative. Officials of the shipping directorate, who asked not to be named, confirmed the incident but did not offer details. They said they were providing assistance.
The vessel, a wooden dhow called Al Faize Noore Sulemani 1, had a crew of 18. It had left Dubai on May 7 and was headed to Mukkam in Yemen when, at around 1am on May 8, it came under fire while crossing the strait - which is at the heart of the Iran-US conflict with neither side allowing marine traffic.
In a letter to officials, Adam Bhaya, general secretary of the Indian Sailing Vessels Associatio...
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