Single source · Arabian Sea southeast of Al-Mukalla, Yemen (approximate: Arabian Sea) ·
UKMTO, as relayed by Middle East Eye, reported that a skiff with seven people approached an LNG tanker about 140 nautical miles southeast of al-Mukalla, Yemen, and that the tanker fired two warning shots and altered course. A second post relaying UKMTO said a boat fired upon the LNG tanker in the same area at about 14:07 UTC. A Sunday Guardian live-blog headline repeated that an LNG tanker reported gunfire off Yemen, with no added detail.
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Sources disagree on:
- Who fired first: the Middle East Eye relay of UKMTO says the skiff approached and the tanker fired two warning shots, while the @ME_Observer_ relay of UKMTO says a boat fired upon the tanker.
- Place label: the Middle East Eye item places the incident in the Bab al-Mandab area of Yemen, while the @ME_Observer_ item places it in the Arabian Sea southeast of al-Mukalla; the 140 nm figure points to the Arabian Sea/Gulf of Aden approach, not Bab al-Mandab.
- Timing: the @ME_Observer_ post is timestamped 14:07 UTC and the Middle East Eye item 14:37 UTC; the Sunday Guardian item at 16:00 UTC gives no time of incident.
- Location detail: the Sunday Guardian headline says only 'off Yemen' and gives no distance or port reference.
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