Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:59pm on 31 Dec 2023,Sunday International
US Navy helicopters sank three Houthi rebel boats and killed their crews after the boats fired upon and tried to board a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Red Sea early Sunday. The Maersk Hangzhou issued a distress call after coming under attack by four Houthi vessels at around 3:30am GMT. The boats got within 20 meters of the ship in an apparent hijacking attempt. A security team returned fire as the crew tried to fend off the boarding. US Navy helicopters responding to the distress call then sunk three rebel boats in self-defense after being fired upon. The fourth boat fled. The incident was the second attack on the Maersk ship in 24 hours amid a rise in Houthi assaults on commercial vessels near Yemen.
