Indian crew member killed on oil tanker attacked near Iraq's Basra

Middle East Eye · March 12, 2026 War

Indian crew member killed on oil tanker attacked near Iraq's Basra An Indian crew member on a US-owned crude oil tanker was killed in an attack near Basra on Wednesday, India’s embassy in Baghdad said. The embassy said in a post on X that the remaining 15 Indian crew members aboard the Safesea Vishnu, which sails under the Marshall Islands flag, have been evacuated to a safe location.

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