{"id":632994,"date":"2026-06-11T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632994\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:56:10","slug":"third-tanker-hit-near-oman-after-us-attack-kills-three-indian-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632994\/","title":{"rendered":"Third tanker hit near Oman after US attack kills three Indian sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Indian sailors killed in US strike near Oman, as US and Iran exchange firepublished at 09:53 BST<\/p>\n

09:53 BST<\/p>\n

\"ShipsImage source, ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n

Ships and tankers remain stranded in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman<\/p>\n

Three Indian sailors were killed after a US strike on the Palau-flagged Settebello, New Delhi\u2019s Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has announced, describing it as “deeply unfortunate”. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, US Central Command said it had disabled the oil tanker, accusing it of violating the ongoing blockade of the shipping channel the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

India’s government had initially said three Indian sailors were missing and 21 Indian crew members had been rescued.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Indian embassy in Oman said it was investigating a separate incident involving a vessel off the Shinas port in Oman, which took place in the early hours of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

It’s the latest in a series of strikes on vessels operating around the coast of Oman this week \u2013 on Monday the US said it disabled a different oil tanker, another Palau-flagged vessel, the Marivex.<\/p>\n

The ceasefire between the US and Iran is under increasing strain after the two sides exchanged fire for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, with both sides targeting military sites. <\/p>\n

Despite the escalation of strikes, three Iranian sources
\ntold Reuters this morning that diplomatic efforts had intensified, with negotiations
\ncentring around the release of frozen Iranian funds. <\/p>\n

We’ll bring you the latest developments on this
\nstory throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Indian sailors killed in US strike near Oman, as US and Iran exchange firepublished at 09:53 BST…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-632994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}