Explosion Damages Ship Carrying Wheat to Yemen
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May 13, 2018
An explosion has damaged a Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled port of Saleef, with varying accounts attributing the incident on Thursday to an unexplained blast aboard the ship or a possible missile strike.
A naval ship of a Saudi-led military coalition received a call from the captain of the vessel, the Ince Inebolu, who reported an opening had appeared in the middle of the ship on the left side, a spokesman for the alliance said.
“Coalition forces conducted a survey of the incident and visited the ship and found an explosion from the inside to the outside,†the spokesman said in a statement....
...A separate source connected with the shipment said the vessel was carrying 50,000 tonnes of Russian milling wheat, adding that it was unclear if it was hit by a missile or due to an internal blast, while anchored about 70 miles (112) off Saleef, which is just north of the port of Hodeidah on the Red Sea....