Houthi missile attack severely injures sailor, US says

The latest attack comes a day after the Iranian-backed group attacked another ship in the Red Sea.

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The injured sailor was airlifted to another ship for medical treatment, the US Central Command (CentCom) reported.

It added that crew members were fighting a fire on board the MV Verbena - a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated ship.

CentCom later said it had destroyed two Houthi patrol boats, one unmanned surface vessel and one drone over the Red Sea in the last 24 hours.

"It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to US, coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region," CentCom said in a statement.

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