Drone Attack on Fishing Boat: Captain Recounts His Three Sons Being Injured + Video

Before the sun had risen on Wednesday, 22 Mehr, Ali Molahipak, captain of a fishing boat from Kolahi port in Minab, set out to sea with his three sons and seven other fishermen to trawl for shrimp.

The sun had not yet dawned on Wednesday, Mehr 22, when Ali Malahipak, the captain of a fishing barge from Kolahi Minab, along with his 3 sons and 7 other fishermen, went to the sea to catch shrimp trawl.

According to ambassador Arjan Lange, he had reached Sirik port when the incident of the drone attack killed Lange and injured the captain's sons. The barge did not sink, but Muhammad went to the surgery room with a shrapnel wound in the chest and abdomen, Omar and Ibrahim were treated.

Captain Ali Malahipak is not in a good mood and is shocked. He tells Ambassador Arjan that the collision of the drone with the wood that was used as a canopy on the barge caused the barge to catch fire. Ali Malahipak thanks God that the barge was not completely destroyed and says that there were 11 people on the barge; Among them, Muhammad, Omar and Ibrahim, the sons of Nakhada, were injured and taken to Hazrat Abulfazl (AS) hospital in Minab. Mohammad went to the operating room due to a torn stomach, and Omar and Ibrahim are hospitalized to undergo treatment.

The boys say that the fishermen were washing the shrimps when they noticed that something hit the barge; One of the boys jumps into the water and his two brothers fall on the deck. After the accident, the boats that were far away notice the sound of the drone and reach out for help.

Shabnam Kazemi, an emergency medicine doctor at Minab Hospital, evaluated the general condition of the injured in Wednesday's (October 22) drone attack on a fishing barge in Sirik port as good and said that one of the injured was taken to the operating room after medical examinations due to shrapnel hitting his chest and abdomen. 2 other injured people received basic treatment due to the injuries inflicted on different organs.