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UN shipping agency says at least 7 seafarers killed in attacks around Hormuz

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7:04 PM in London
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London, United Kingdom

International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said at least seven mariners had been killed and several others gravely injured in recent attacks on merchant ships around the Strait of Hormuz. He did not assign blame and urged shipping companies to use "maximum caution."

Why it matters

Crew deaths help explain why about 400 oil and product tankers sat idle in the Gulf even as Washington offered insurance and floated naval escorts.

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