Rescuers search for missing crew from Red Sea attack as US alleges Yemen rebels ‘kidnapped’ them
Rescuers searched on Thursday for more than a dozen crew members who went missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea as the United States alleged the group may “have kidnapped” those on board.
The Houthis released dramatic footage of the sinking of the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned Eternity C, which the rebels targeted with gunfire and explosive drones for hours, killing at least three crew members.
Meanwhile, a new possible ceasefire in that war – as well as the future of talks between the US and Iran over Tehran’s battered nuclear programme – remain in the balance. The Houthis said that they fired a missile at Israel on Thursday morning, which the Israeli military said that it intercepted.
A statement from the European Union naval mission in the Red Sea said the crew of the Eternity C included 22 sailors, among them 21 Filipinos and one Russian, as well as a three-member security team. Rescuers on Wednesday recovered five Filipinos and one Indian. On Thursday, four more people were rescued, bringing the total to 10.
