Houthi attack killed 3 Pakistanis and an Indonesian, Yemen says

By AP and ToI Staff 11 August 2026, 5:16 pm

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Illustrative: The navigation bridge of a sunken vessel is all that is seen at the surface of the water in the Port of Mokha, the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city Mokha, held by Yemen’s internationally recognized, Aden-based government on August 10, 2026. (Khaled ZIAD/AFP)

Houthis fired missiles on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb today and killed four people, Yemeni authorities say.

A previous death toll given for the attack was three.

The Transportation Ministry of Yemen’s internationally recognized government says the dead include three Pakistani nationals and an Indonesian.

The ministry says in a statement that the Houthis fired three ballistic missiles on the Yemeni commercial vessel.

They are the first known deaths from Houthi attacks on shipping off Yemen in the latest bout of fighting in the Arab country.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down by Iran, there has been a renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait at Yemen’s southern tip, which is an alternate route for Saudi Arabia to ship its oil.