US Navy says mine fragments point to Iran

Updated June 19 2019 - 9:43pm, first published 9:38pm
The US Navy says a magnet and mine fragments recovered from a tanker resemble those used by Iran.
The US Navy says a magnet and mine fragments recovered from a tanker resemble those used by Iran.

The United States Navy has displayed limpet mine fragments and a magnet it says it had removed from one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week, saying the mines bear a striking resemblance to Iranian ones.

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