Ƙungiyar Houthis ta Yemen ta ce ta kai hari kan wani jirgin ruwa mallakin Saudiyya a Tekun Bahar Maliya, kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Yanbu, a yammacin Saudiyya.
Kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki na ƙasar Saudiyya, Bahri, ya tabbatar da cewa ɗaya daga cikin jiragensa mai suna Amzan ya shiga wani lamari a Tekun Bahar Maliya, amma ya ce dukkan ma'aikatan jirgin suna cikin aminci kuma babu wanda ya jikkata.
Hukumar UKMTO ta ce wani jirgin dakon mai ya gamu da wani hari daga wani abu da ba a tantance ba, kimanin mil 63 na ruwa daga yammacin Yanbu. An kuma bayar da rahoton cewa jirgin ya kama da wuta, amma babu rahoton jikkatar ma'aikatan jirgin ko wata illa ga muhalli.
Houthis sun ce harin wani ɓangare ne na matsin lambar da suke yi kan Saudiyya da zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa masu alaƙa da ita a Bahar Maliya. Yanayin ya ƙara nuna irin barazanar da rikicin yankin ke yi ga harkokin jigilar kayayyaki da fitar da man fetur ta Bahar Maliya.