MADRID Dec. 25 () –
The Russian authorities have reported this Wednesday that the cargo ship ‘Ursa Major’, sunk at the beginning of the week in the Mediterranean Sea and whose crew had to be rescued by Salvamento Martí timo and transferred to the port of Cartagena, suffered a possible terrorist attack.
This has been stated by Oboronlogistics, the state transport and logistics corporation owned by the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to TASS. “Oboronlogistics believes that a targeted terrorist attack against the ship was carried out on December 23,” the same sources add to Russian state agencies.
The event resulted in two fatalities and, according to testimonies from the survivors, around 1:30 p.m. (peninsular time) three consecutive explosions were recorded on the starboard side of the stern, the right rear part of the boat, which caused the ship to It would probably list due to the entry of water.
The incident occurred when the boat was sailing between the coasts of Spain and Algeria. Fourteen crew members were transferred on Monday to the port of Cartagena by Maritime Rescue to receive medical attention. The fifteen-year-old ship had left St. Petersburg two weeks ago for the port of Vladivostok.
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