Three Indians killed as US attacks ship near Oman, New Delhi summons American diplomat

Three Indian seafarers were killed after the United States forces struck a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman, amid the war in West Asia, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Thursday.

This came a day after New Delhi summoned a senior American diplomat to register its protest against the strike in the Gulf of Oman, ANI reported.

The Forward Seamen’s Union of India General Secretary Manoj Yadav identified the three dead as chief engineer Patnala Suresh, deck cadet Aditya Sharma and engine fitter Shivanand Chaurasiya, The Hindu reported.

The three are from Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, Yadav told ANI.

Two casualties including cadet, fitter and ch engineer are reported missing...@FSUIINDIA @IMOHQ @ITFglobalunion pic.twitter.com/z8qZPYRWx1— FSUI (@FSUIINDIA) June 10, 2026

On Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that three Indian crew members were missing and 21 others had been rescued from the Palau-flagged tanker Settebello.

The ministry then summoned Jason Meeks, the US Chargé d’Affaires in New Delhi, over the attack.

On Tuesday, the US Central Command said that it had disabled the vessel Settebello after it violated the American blockade restricting maritime traffic linked to Iran. The ship was reportedly attempting to transport oil from Iran.

“A US aircraft fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces,” the military agency said.

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