Two killed in attack on Israeli tanker off Oman

Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Two crew members, a Briton and a Romanian, were killed when an Israeli Zodiac Maritime petroleum products tanker managed came under attack on Thursday off Oman, Reuters cited the company on Friday.

London-based Zodiac said on its website that the attack in the Arabian Sea on the Mercer Street, a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned ship, was “suspected piracy”, adding that it was still being investigated.

However, Israeli Channel 13 TV cited an official as saying that Iran staged the attack using a drone. There was no immediate reaction by Iran to the Israeli accusation.

Zodiac, owned by the Israeli Ofer family, said the ship was sailing under the control of its crew and own power to a safe location with a US naval escort.

According to Refinitiv ship tracking, the Mercer Street, a medium-size tanker, was headed for Fujairah, a bunkering port and oil terminal in the United Arab Emirates.