U.S. Navy Fires On Fishing Boat Near Dubai; 1 Killed 3 Wounded (News Roundup)

A United States Navy supply ship, U.S.N.S. Rappahannock, prepared to refuel another naval vessel in the South China Sea in March. Reuters

U.S. Navy Ship Fires On Boat Off Dubai -- New York Times

Gunners on a United States Navy supply ship in the Persian Gulf near the coast of the United Arab Emirates opened fire on a small motorized vessel on Monday after the small vessel disregarded warnings and rapidly approached, the United States Fifth Fleet command reported.

A statement from the command did not say whether there were casualties, nor did it identify the nationality of the smaller vessel or say how many people were aboard it. Separately, an American defense official said that one person on the boat was killed. The Emirates’ state news agency reported later, citing a foreign ministry official, that the person killed was an Indian fisherman, and that three other Indians on the boat were seriously injured.

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