India seeks action over UAE boat shooting

UAE asked to investigate incident in which one Indian fisherman was killed by US navy ship in waters off Dubai.

Sailors aboard the USNS Rappahannock opened fire on the boat "after it ignored warnings" [Reuters]

India has called on the United Arab Emirates to investigate the fatal shooting of an Indian fisherman by a US navy ship in waters off Dubai, the Indian foreign ministry has confirmed. "India's ambassador in Abu Dhabi has requested UAE authorities to probe the circumstances of the tragic incident," the foreign ministry's spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said on Tuesday. Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri reporting from Delhi says: "The Indian authorities are pressing the UAE to charge those who are reponsible, this is fast becoming a diplomatic problem for India, the UAE and the US." An Indian fisherman was killed and three people wounded as their boat was shot at off the coast of Dubai in the southern Gulf. "The firing has led to the death of one Indian national and serious injury of three Indian nationals," Continue Reading...