Six vessels attacked in Hormuz Strait

Explosive-laden Iranian boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters, setting them ablaze and killing one crew member, after projectiles struck four vessels in Gulf waters, Al Jazeera has reported quoting reports

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The ships targeted in latenight attacks on Wednesday in the Gulf near Iraq were the Marshall Islandsflagged Safesea Vishnu and the Zefyros, which had loaded fuel cargoes in Iraq, two Iraqi port officials told the Reuters news agency. One Iraqi port security source said the Zefyros was flagged in Malta, according to Al Jazeera.

"We recovered the body of a foreign crew member from the water," one port security official said as Iraqi rescue teams continued searching for missing seafarers.

"A boat belonging to the Iraqi Ports Company rescued 25 crew members from the two vessels, and the fires are still burning on both ships," Farhan al-Fartousi, director general of the state-run General Company for Ports of Iraq, told Reuters.

An Indian crew member on board a United States-owned crude oil tanker was killed when it was attacked near Basra, Iraq, on Wednesday, India's embassy in Baghdad said on Thursday.