Ship owned by Israeli billionaire attacked off Oman
Lahore, 30th July: A ship owned by an Israeli billionaire’s company gets attacked off Oman in a suspected piracy incident.
According to details, a company operated by an Israeli businessman said one of the vessels it manages has been targeted in a ‘piracy incident’, however, British officials said they were investigating reports of an attack off the coast of Oman.
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Al Jazeera reported that the London-based company Zodiac Management which is a part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group issued a statement on Friday. The statement said that the ship was the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street and was Japanese-owned.
As per reports, at the time of the incident, the vessel was in the northern Indian Ocean, traveling from Dar-es-Salaam to Fujairah with no cargo on board.
Zodiac Management shared their statement on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Zodiac_Maritime/status/1421007329789628418?s=20
The above statement came shortly after a statement from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which said that an investigation was underway into the incident. According to their reports, the incident took place late on Thursday northeast of the Omani island of Masirah.
However, the statement did not elaborate further other than to inform that it suspected the attack did not involve piracy.
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Meanwhile, the satellite tracking data from MarineTraffic.com showed the vessel had been near where British officials said the attack occurred.
Later on Friday, in a statement to Al Jazeera, a UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson said, “We are aware of reports of an attack on a merchant vessel off the coast of Oman. UK military headquarters in the region are currently conducting investigations.”
On the other hand, no comment was made by Israeli officials and Oman did not immediately acknowledge the attack.
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