Houthis, Red Sea and Eternity C
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A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea. UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg said there was “grave concern seeing an escalation in the Red Sea,
The Greek guard was the last to leave the ship, together with the Filipino captain, when the Eternity C had already started to sink
The Yemeni militia, backed by Iran, said it had sunk a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea. Liberia said the attack killed two crew members.
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Thursday that three of the 21 Filipino seafarers aboard the Liberian-flagged MV Eternity C died
It remains unclear if the ship went down as a result of the water ingress it suffered earlier as the Houthis attacked it with drones, missiles and rocket propelled-grenades or if the Yemeni rebels boarded and blew the ship up, as they did two days earlier with the 63,600-dwt Magic Seas (built 2016).
Rescuers pulled six crew members alive from the Red Sea on Wednesday and 15 were still missing from the second of two ships
STORY: Houthi militants are sparking fresh fears for shipping in the Red Sea.This footage, released by the group on Wednesday, shows the damaged cargo vessel Eternity C -- partially submerged before eventually sinking after an attack.