Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Houthi Red Sea Cargo Ship Attack Kills Pakistani, Indonesian Crew
A group of fighters from Yemen, called the Houthis, attacked a small cargo ship on the ocean.
The attack happened in a narrow waterway called the Bab el-Mandeb strait, near the Red Sea.
The ship was traveling from Salalah, a city in Oman, and had also stopped in Djibouti.
During the attack, three people who worked on the ship died.
Two of them were from Pakistan, and one was from Indonesia.
Afterward, the crew could no longer control the ship.
The Yemeni coast guard then came to help them.
The Houthis are supported by the country of Iran.
Government officials and coast guard sources in Yemen shared the news about this sad event.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a small cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday.
Two Pakistani crew members and one Indonesian crew member were killed in the attack.
The ship had sailed from Salalah in Oman via Djibouti before the attack.
After the attack, the crew lost control of the ship and were approached by the Yemeni coast guard.
The report is based on two Yemeni coast guard sources and two military officials in the government.
- Who
- Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants attacked the ship; the victims were two Pakistani crew members and one Indonesian crew member.
- What
- An attack on a small cargo ship that killed three crew members.
- When
- On Tuesday.
- Where
- In the Bab el-Mandeb strait, near the Red Sea; the ship had sailed from Salalah in Oman via Djibouti.
- Why
- Not explicitly stated in the article.
- Event
- Armed attack on a small cargo ship
- Location
- Bab el-Mandeb strait, Red Sea
- Fatalities
- 3 crew members (two Pakistani, one Indonesian)
- Ship route
- Salalah, Oman via Djibouti
- Perpetrators
- Iran-aligned Houthis of Yemen
- Sources
- Two Yemeni coast guard sources, two military officials
- Aftermath
- Crew lost control of ship; Yemeni coast guard approached the vessel