[Regnum] Yemeni Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack on the Greek cargo ship Eternity C, which sank in the Red Sea. This was stated by the rebels' military spokesman Yahya Saria on the Al Masirah TV channel.
The attack on the cargo ship was carried out using an unmanned boat, as well as six cruise and ballistic missiles.
"The Yemeni navy has attacked the Eternity C vessel, which was heading to the port of Umm al-Rashrash (the Arabic name for Eilat. - Ed.) in occupied Palestine. The attack was carried out using an unmanned boat, as well as six cruise and ballistic missiles," a Houthi spokesman said.
Earlier, as reported by the Regnum news agency, the dry cargo ship Eternity C, which was attacked by the Houthis, sank in the Red Sea. At least five people were rescued, another 15 are missing and are being sought.
At least two people on board were injured, including a Russian citizen whose limb was amputated.
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[GEO.TV] Rescuers pulled seven crew members alive from the Red Sea on Wednesday and were searching for 14 still missing from the second of two freighters sunk within two days by suspected Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
attackers.
Four of the 25 people aboard the Eternity C fat merchantman were killed before the rest of the crew abandoned the vessel, which sank on Wednesday morning after being attacked on Monday and Tuesday, sources at security companies mounting the rescue said.
The seven seafarers who were rescued had spent more than 24 hours in the water, they said.