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BREAKING NEWS: A cargo ship is burning after it was hit by a missile in the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre (MTOC) said in the past few minutes.
The crew called for help and are evacuating the ship, which is about 11 nautical miles north of Oman, the center said.
The ship is marked with an X on the attached graphic.
Iran has closed the narrow sea passage after the US and Israel launched an unprovoked attack on the country, killing 1,270 people, including about 160 primary school children.
US President Donald Trump said the US Navy would break the closure order by providing UN Navy armed escorts for ships in the area.
But the US has failed to go ahead with the scheme – ship captains report that all requests for armed escorts have been rejected.
LATEST IN SEVERAL POSSIBLE ATTACKS
This is the latest in several problems reported on ships trying to break the closure order since the US and Israel started the war on February 28.
Sailors on a bulk carrier yesterday reported “witnessing a splash and heard a loud bang in close proximity” to their ship, which was 36 nautical miles north of Abud Dhabi in the UAE, the MTOC said.
On Saturday, a ship was believed to have been damaged in an attack by an unmanned drone. The majority of crew were evacuated, with a skeleton crew left on board.
The previous day, March 6, a tug was hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait, and there were several similar cases the previous week.
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