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1st LD: UN Security Council slams Houthi forces' attack on UAE ship

Xinhua, October 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The United Nations' (UN) Security Council on Tuesday "strongly condemned" an attack by Houthi forces on a United Arab Emirates (UAE) vessel operating near Bab al-Mandeb on Oct. 1, and called for such attacks to "cease immediately."

"The members of the Security Council take threats to shipping around Bab al-Mandeb, a strategically important shipping passage, extremely seriously," the 15-nation UN body said in a press statement issued here late Tuesday.

The council called for such attacks to cease immediately and urged necessary steps to be taken to de-escalate the situation.

The vessel, an Australian-built high-speed logistics catamaran under lease to the UAE military, was attacked by Houthi fighters near the Bab al-Mandab strait off Yemen's southern coast on Saturday, reports said.

Civilian passengers were rescued and no crew members were hurt. Endi