Massive incident involving multiple ships off the coast of United Arab Emirates in Gulf of Oman.

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Local sources have revealed that there is a massive incident off the coast of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman near United Arab Emirates. UK Maritime Trade Operations said that they are investigating the incident.
Based on local sources, at least four ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates lost control of their ships, as they were unable control the steering of the ship. The vessels, all oil tankers named Queen Ematha, the Golden Brilliant, Jag Pooja and Abyss, broadcasted that they are not in control of their ship via the ‘Automatic Identification System Trackers’ around the same time. It is believed that a group of nine armed people boarded one of the ships.
This incident comes four days after in the same region, there was an attack on an Israeli ship,which was blamed on Iran. The attack resulted in two deaths, escalating the tensions between Israel and Iran.
More details to follow.
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