DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Emirati state news agency says an explosive-laden dinghy had struck a Japanese oil tanker in thePersian Gulf last month.
It's the first official confirmation the incident was an attack.
The WAM news agency on Friday quoted an unnamed government official as saying the investigation revealed traces of homemade explosives on the hull of M. Star supertanker, which was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway for 40 percent of tanker-shipped oil worldwide.
WAM says investigators believe a small boat with explosives had approached the tanker. A crew member was injured.
An obscure al-Qaida-linked group said Wednesday one of its suicidebombers attacked the tanker to avenge the plunder of Muslim wealth.
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