霍尔木兹海峡水域本月频发船只遇袭等事件

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): According to International Maritime Organization data, as of October 14, 22 vessels had experienced incidents including attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters this month. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said on October 14 that, since October 13, two Singapore-registered container ships had been struck by unidentified projectiles while passing through the Strait of Hormuz. One caught fire and sank, while the other sustained hull damage. There have been no reports of casualties so far. On the same day, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that a cargo ship carrying 2,500 containers had attempted that day to pass through an unauthorized, dangerous channel in the Strait of Hormuz, and had exploded, caught fire and sunk after hitting a mine. In addition, U.S. Central Command said on October 14 that U.S. forces had struck an Iran-linked vessel in the Gulf of Oman on October 6.