Saudi shipping company Bahri says two sailors killed in incident in Hormuz
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- Saudi shipping company Bahri said two Filipino seafarers died during a security incident involving its vessel SIDR in the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 31.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards later said two oil tankers struck sea mines and were disabled while attempting to transit the waterway.
Two Filipino seafarers were killed during a security incident involving the Saudi national shipping company's vessel SIDR while it transited the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 31, Bahri said on Wednesday.
The company did not identify what caused the incident. Later on Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards said that two oil tankers had struck sea mines and become disabled while attempting to pass through the strategic waterway.
The Guards said the tankers had been forced to disembark their crews and were handed over to US operatives so they could pass through what it described as an illegal route. It added that its navy had previously warned about the dangers of crossing the mined passage.
The circumstances surrounding the deaths aboard SIDR and the tanker incidents remain part of a developing story.
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