India saves ship with 9 Indians in Gulf of Aden amid Red Sea attacks by Houthis
INS Vishakhapatnam reportedly responded to a drone attack distress call in the Gulf of Aden. The drone attack distress call was made from Marshall Islands-flagged vessel in the Red Sea.
The development comes as Yemen's Houthi rebels disrupt commercial shipping trade routes citing solidarity with Palestine, the latter being under relentless attack from Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel. The distress call from MV Genco Picardy was issued late on Wednesday.
Navy officials said that MV Genco Picardy merchant vessel with 22 crew, including nine Indians, faced drone attack on Wednesday night. The merchant vessel was attacked 60 nautical miles South of Port Aden.
Indian Navy spokesperson took to microblogging site X to confirm the developments. “#IndianNavy's Guided Missile Destroyer #INSVisakhapatnam, mission deployed in #GulfofAden for #antipiracy ops, swiftly responded to
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