PNN – A Pakistani media claimed (Wednesday) that a container ship that was traveling from the port of Saudi Arabia to the port of “Karachi” in the south of Pakistan was hit by a missile in the Red Sea.
According to Pakistan News Network, the news website of the English language newspaper “Express Tribune” announced the name of this ship as “United-8” and quoted the owner of the ship as saying: A container ship was attacked in the Red Sea on Tuesday while en route from King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia to Karachi Port, but there were no casualties.
According to the owner of this ship, this missile attack was carried out by Yemen.
The Tribune added: The Mediterranean shipping company said that the “United-8” was attacked while crossing the Red Sea on its way to Karachi, Pakistan. Meanwhile, all crew members are safe, no injuries have been reported, and a full assessment of the ship is underway.
According to this report, no official reaction has been announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan or the military institutions of this country regarding the targeting of the so-called commercial ship bound for Karachi.
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