'I do not think there was a time bomb or an object attached to the side of the ship,' Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo, said at a press conference Friday.
The Japanese owner of one of the oil tankers attacked near Iran on Thursday said that the vessel was struck by a projectile and not by a mine.
"We received reports that something flew towards the ship," Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo, says. On Thursday, U.S. Central Command said that the Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous had an "unexploded limpet mine on their hull following an initial explosion."WASHINGTON – The Japanese owner of one of the oil tankers attacked near Iran on Thursday said that the vessel was struck by a projectile and not by a mine, which is what U.S. officials assessed as the source of the blast.
"We received reports that something flew towards the ship," Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo said at a press conference Friday. "I do not think there was a time bomb or an object attached to the side of the ship," he said, adding that a projectile landed above the waterline.that the Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous had an "unexploded limpet mine on their hull following an initial explosion.
"The international community condemns Iran's assault on the freedom of navigation and the targeting of innocent civilians," he said, adding that the U.S. will defend its forces, interests and partners.
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