Targeting of commercial shipping must cease: Delhi after Hormuz strikes kill Indian
The statement came shortly after the Ministry of External Affairs summoned the Iranian Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission in New Delhi and lodged a "strong protest" over the missile strike on two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz that left one Indian seafarer dead and several others injured. India on Tuesday condemned the attacks on merchant vessels, calling them acts of violence targeting seafarers and disrupting free and safe navigation through international waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz. The statement came shortly after the Ministry of External Affairs summoned the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over the missile attack on two vessels transiting the strait, in which one Indian seafarer was killed, and several others were injured. The Ministry of External Affairs said it was deeply concerned by the attacks on the UAE-flagged vessels MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which together had 30 Indian crew members among...