Cairo, Aug 11: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fired missiles on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday and killed four people, Yemeni authorities said.
The transportation ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognised government said the dead included three Pakistani nationals and an Indonesian.
The ministry said in a statement the Houthis fired three ballistic missiles on the Yemeni commercial vessel.
It said the rebels fired another missile that targeted rescue teams attempting to reach the vessel, wounding a Yemeni rescuer. (AP)
