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Philippines confirms 2 nationals killed in Houthi missile attack

jin88bet.oneManila, March 7

ak168app.babyThe Philippine government on Thursday confirmed the death of two seafarers in a recent missile strikak168app.clube by Houthi militants on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, off southern Yemen.

ks168app.siteIn a statement, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said two other Filipino sailors were also severely injured, Xinhua news agency reported.

ic88ic88The cargo ship True Confidence on Wednesday was hit by several anti-ship ballistic missiles nearly 50 nautical miles southwest of Aden port.

ic88Some reports said the vessel had 20 crew membersic88, comprising 15 Filipino nationals.

lr88The DMWlr88 did not give details on the number of Filipinos aboard, but saying it has coordinated with the principal shipowner and manning agency “on the repatriation of the remaining Filipino crew melr88mbers”.

lr88The authorities have taken the surviving Filipinos to a safe port, it added.

The Philippines is amoop88ng the biggest suppliers of maritime labour in the world, providing almost one-fifth of the worldwide 1.2 million seafarers, accordinsi88g to International Labor Organisation.

88vLast November, 17 Filipino seafarers were taken hostage after an Israeli cargo ship were hijacked by YSEXXXXX-VNemen’s Houthi militants in the Red Sea, and have yet been released.

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