2 Sri Lankans rescued after Houthi missile attack on cargo ship

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has asserted that the two Sri Lankans, who were rescued from the merchant ship ‘True Confidence’

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has asserted that the two Sri Lankans, who were rescued from the merchant ship ‘True Confidence’ which was attacked by a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden, would be repatriated to the island soon.

Three crew members – two Filipino nationals and one Vietnamese – were killed in the missile attack on the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier about 50 nautical miles off the port of Aden, setting it ablaze. These were the first civilian fatalities from the Yemeni group’s campaign against the key shipping route.

Reports confirmed that one of the rescued Sri Lankans had sustained injuries in the attack.

Later, 20 crew members and the three armed guards who were aboard the attacked vessel were rescued by the Indian Navy and taken to a hospital in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa via an Indian warship.