2 Filipino seafarers killed in Houthi attack

by Agence France-Presse - Claire Bernadette Mondares - Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino - Javier Joe Ismael

Mar 08, 2024 12:20 am

(UPDATE) THE government on Thursday confirmed the death of two Filipino seafarers in a missile attack Wednesday by Houthi rebels on their ship in the Red Sea.

The attack set the Liberian-owned, Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze, about 50 nautical miles or 93 kilometers off the coast of Yemen's port of Aden.

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