Six dead as US carries out another strike at sea on vessel 'carrying drugs'

The United States has carried out another military strike against what it said was a vessel carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean, killing six people, the Pentagon chief said.

- Guardian staff

In a social media post yesterday morning, Peter Hegseth stated: “The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route and carrying narcotics.”

He said that the strike, conducted in international waters, killed all six people who were onboard, and was “the first strike at night”.

As has become common with previous similar announcements, Hegseth shared a short video showing a boat at sea suddenly exploding as it was struck with military ordnance.