DUBAI, Jun 11: Crew members of a tanker carrying 20 Indians were evacuated on Thursday after the vessel came under attack off an Oman port, Indian officials said.
This was the third instance of a merchant ship with Indian crew members coming under attack from the US military off the Oman coast in the last four days.
A Palau-flagged oil tanker carrying 24 Indian seafarers was disabled by US forces on Monday. All crew members of the vessel, MT Marivex, were safely rescued.
On Wednesday, the US struck another Palau-flagged tanker, MT Settebello, killing three out of the 24 Indian sailors on board.
Following Wednesday's incident, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned US Charge d'Affaires Jason Meeks and he was handed a diplomatic note of protest.
The third attack - on a Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel identified as MT Jalveer - took place on Thursday.
