Suspected Ship Hijack Ends as Tensions With Iran Soar
- U.K. Navy says boarders left ship in second incident in days
- U.S. allies blamed Iran for deadly drone attack last week
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A suspected hijacking of a vessel near Iran has ended, after stoking tensions already inflamed by a deadly drone attack on an Israeli-managed tanker in the same area.
The Panama-flagged Asphalt Princess was briefly boarded by armed men on Tuesday halfway between Iran and the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman, according to a Gulf government official. The men then left the vessel around midnight local time, the official said. Bloomberg News was unable to contact the ship’s Dubai-based owner or operator to confirm the information.