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Speedboat explosives attack disables tanker engine in Strait of Hormuz

Bloomberg ·
Speedboat explosives attack disables tanker engine in Strait of Hormuz
  • Fighters in a speedboat attached explosives to a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the vessel's engine.
  • UK Maritime Trade Operations said no one was injured, and a fire temporarily disabled the vessel before it continued its journey.
  • Bloomberg reports the attack was the first of its sort in the current conflict and a tactic Iran has used before against commercial shipping.
  • The attack occurred on Thursday per the report; the source gives no explicit event date with year, so event timing is unknown.

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“No one was injured in the explosion above the waterline”— UK Maritime Trade Operations

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