UAE Says 4 ships Targeted by ''Sabotage'' off Its East Coast
The United Arab Emirates said four commercial ships were subjected to "sabotage operations" after false reports circulated in Lebanese and Iranian media outlets saying there had been explosions at one of the nation's seaports, Aljazeera reports.
Emirati officials declined to elaborate on the nature of the sabotage on Sunday, or say who might have been responsible.
"Four commercial, civilian trading vessels of various nationalities this morning suffered acts of sabotage" off the UAE's eastern coast, the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run WAM news agency.
"Subjecting commercial vessels to sabotage operations and threatening the lives of their crew is considered a dangerous development."
The statement said the ships were near the country's territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, east of the port of Fujairah.
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