Two Indians killed after US attacks ship near Oman, New Delhi summons American diplomat

Two Indian seafarers were killed and another was missing after United States forces struck a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman, amid the conflict in West Asia, the Forward Seamen’s Union of India said on Wednesday.

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

The seaman’s union identified the two dead as Aditya Sharma, a deck cadet, and Shivanand Chaurasiya, an engine fitter, The Hindu reported. Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh is missing.

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

Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs had 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.

The strike came a day after another tanker, Marivex, carrying 24 Indian seafarers,...

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