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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

People scour strait of Hormuz for spilt cargo after Iran attacks container ships

Two side by side images show floating containers and debris. In one photo small motorboats have pulled up alongside a container and people are gathered around.
Screengrabs from a social media video show containers and debris floating in the sea after the GFS Pride sank off the coast of Oman last week. Composite: Reuters

People have been scouring the strait of Hormuz for spilt cargo after Iran attacked at least 15 container ships passing through the crucial waterway in the past 10 days.

Some ships have been hit by drones, others by mines. On Sunday, a ship was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade launched from a small boat 75 miles (120km) north-east of the Saudi port of Jubail.

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