Reports say Saudi commercial ship attacked in Bab al-Mandab
Some media outlets have reported that a commercial vessel belonging to Saudi Arabia was attacked in the Bab al-Mandab area. According to these reports, the incident took place on the route to the Red Sea.
The outlets said at least three people aboard the ship were killed in the attack. However, no further details have yet been released about the vessel’s identity or how the attack was carried out.
The reports say Yemen’s Ansarallah movement has been blamed for the attack, but the group had not issued any official statement on the matter at the time of publication.
Bab al-Mandab is one of the major maritime passages between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and any security incident along this route can affect the movement of commercial shipping.
