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Oil tanker attacked: the United States agrees to participate in an investigation

2021-08-01T07:01:53.092Z


The United States has agreed to participate in an investigation into the deadly attack off the coast of Oman on an oil tanker run by a billionaire ...


The United States has agreed to participate in an investigation into the deadly attack off Oman on an oil tanker run by an Israeli billionaire, the US State Department said on Saturday.

Read also: The naval battle intensifies between Israel and Iran

The Mercer Street tanker was attacked Thursday in the Arabian Sea and Israel has accused its nemesis, Iran, of being behind the incident which left two dead among the crew.

According to the US military and the operator of the ship, it would be a drone fire.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke about the attack and "

agreed to work with the UK, Romania, and other international partners to investigate the facts, support and consider appropriate next steps,

”US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

The two people killed in the incident were a British national, who worked for the Ambrey security company, and a Romanian crew member, said the shipowner, Zodiac Maritime, an international company headquartered in London and owned by Israeli businessman and billionaire Eyal Ofer.

Yair Lapid on Friday called for international action against “

Iranian terrorism

”.

"

I gave instructions to the embassies in Washington, London and the UN so that they work with their government interlocutors and the competent delegations at the UN headquarters in New York,

" he said on Twitter .

Analysts have said the attack on Mercer Street was characteristic of the “

shadow war

” between the two enemy powers, with several ships linked to each being targeted in Gulf waters.

Source: lefigaro

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