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Oil tanker ablaze and adrift in Red Sea after multiple attacks

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78% Informative

Greek -owned and flagged oil tanker Sounion is on fire and adrift in Red Sea .

It was first hit by gunfire from two small boats which approached it early on Wednesday .

Later, the ship was struck by three unidentified projectiles, which sparked a fire onboard.

There were no reports of injuries among its 25 crew.

No group has yet said it was behind the attacks, but Yemen ’s Iran -backed Houthi movement has repeatedly targeted commercial shipping.

VR Score

78

Informative language

75

Neutral language

73

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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not offensive

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short-lived

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