Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for attacks on 2 ships

SANAA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — The Houthi group in Yemen said in a statement on Tuesday that it had launched multiple attacks targeting two ships traveling off Yemeni coast.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the first operation targeted the British oil ship Cordelia Moon in the Red Sea, using eight ballistic and winged missiles, a drone, and an unmanned boat. He added that the operation “severely damaged” the ship, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
“The second operation targeted the ship Marathopolis in the Indian Ocean with a cruise missile, and the third operation targeted the same ship again in the Arabian Sea,” he said. ■