Terrorist Attack On A Suez Canal Container Ship Is Unsuccessful

Ship Attack Foiled In Suez Canal -- Al Jazeera

Officials say there has been an unsuccessful attack on a Panama-flagged container ship passing through the waterway.

Suez Canal authorities have said that a "terrorist" staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the canal in an attempt to disrupt the flow of ships through the waterway.

The Suez Canal is a key global shipping line which is secured by the armed forces.

"One of the terrorist elements has carried out a failed attempt to affect the movement of ships in the Suez Canal by targeting one of the passing ships, Cosco Asia," the head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish said in a statement on Saturday, referring to the Panama-flagged ship.

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