A US aircraft fired precision munitions into the engine room of the Palau-flagged, Iranian-oil-laden tanker MT Settebello in the Sea of Oman on Tuesday June 9, one of several tankers disabled that week for breaching the blockade (Marivex was hit June 8); three of the 24 Indian crew were killed, the first seafarer deaths of the blockade campaign, with the deaths confirmed by India's shipping minister on June 10 and a formal Indian protest (senior US diplomat summoned) lodged June 11.
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