Houthis claim lethal attack on commercial ship near Yemen

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In a statement on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT), the Houthis said they had warned the ship’s crew before firing missiles at the True Confidence. The Houthi spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, added that a fire broke out on the ship. The US military’s Central Command, in a statement late in the day, said that three people on the ship were killed and four were wounded, “of which three are in critical condition”, and that there was “significant damage to the ship”. Western security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter publicly put the casualties...