FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin India’s Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has confirmed, and expressed deep sorrow over, the deaths of three Indian seafarers who were reported missing following an attack on board the vessel MT Settebello on 9 June. In a statement issued on 11 June, Sonowal confirmed that the bodies of the three crew members had been located and identified, bringing a tragic end to search efforts. “It is deeply unfortunate to learn of the tragic incident aboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello. Sadly, three Indian seafarers initially reported missing are now confirmed dead after bodies have been located and identified,” the minister said. RelatedNews Supply vessel sinks after collision in Singapore, three crew dead US President says a peace deal with Iran is close to being made var jnews_module_21375557_0_6a2c139a86779 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375557","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"157,163,4346,467,2647","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pa