India Condemns Hormuz Tanker Attack That Injured 11 Indian Sailors

A projectile hit the Panama-flagged tanker On Peace as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz, off Oman, on October 6. Twelve crew members were injured, including 11 Indian nationals, according to India's Ministry of External Affairs, as reported by News18.

The tanker carried 19 crew members, 17 of them Indian, according to Le Monde, citing the ministry. The supplied coverage does not identify who fired the projectile.

On October 6, India condemned the attack and called for an immediate end to attacks on commercial vessels, Business Line reported. The ministry also expressed grave concern about the safety of global commerce and called for dialogue and diplomacy to end the ongoing conflicts, according to The Hindu.

Oman carried out medical evacuations that day. The accounts differ on the number evacuated: Middle East Eye reported ten crew members, while Business Line said all twelve injured crew members had been evacuated. The supplied reports do not explain the difference.

By October 7, India's response also encompassed attacks in the Black Sea. Bloomberg reported that India was engaging Ukraine and Russia to secure safe passage for grain and energy shipments as fresh attacks disrupted commercial shipping and endangered its seafarers.

On October 8, Indian Express reported an official's statement that 11 Indian seafarers had died since the West Asia war and that 139 crew members were stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. Those figures describe the wider crisis, not the casualties from the On Peace attack.

The reported injury toll aboard On Peace is twelve, including eleven Indians. Al Jazeera repeated those figures on October 7, citing India's Foreign Ministry. The supplied coverage gives no update on the injured sailors' medical condition or the tanker's onward movement.

India's condemnation now spans commercial shipping attacks in both Hormuz and the Black Sea. Times of India reported that the government called for an immediate cessation of violence after Black Sea attacks injured Indian seafarers.

The immediate gaps are the injured crew members' recovery and whether the sailors reported stranded in Hormuz can leave. The October 8 report from Indian Express establishes the scale of the reported stranding but provides no resolution in the supplied coverage.

A separate issue is whether India's engagement with Russia and Ukraine produces arrangements for safe Black Sea passage. Bloomberg reported the talks, but the supplied coverage describes no agreement.