External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raised with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the killing of three Indian mariners in an American military strike in the Gulf of Oman, even as Washington firmly asserted that violations of its regional naval blockade would not be tolerated.

The US struck a Palau-flagged oil tanker, Settebello, on June 10, killing three Indian crew members.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raised with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the killing of three Indian mariners in an American military strike in the Gulf of Oman, as Washington asserted that violations of its regional naval blockade would not be tolerated.

Three Indian sailors were killed when US forces fired 'precision munitions' into the engine room of the MT Settebello in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

Three Indian sailors were killed when US forces fired 'precision munitions' into the engine room of the MT Settebello in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

Three Indian sailors were killed in a US military attack on the MT Settebello in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

Three Indian sailors died when US forces fired 'precision munitions' into the engine room of the MT Settebello in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

India has strongly protested the killing of three Indian sailors by the US military.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar protested to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the killing of three Indian mariners in US military strikes in the Gulf of Oman, while the US defended its enforcement of a naval blockade and warned against violations linked to Iranian oil transport.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raised India’s protest with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the killing of three Indian mariners in US military strikes in the Gulf of Oman.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar raised India’s protest with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the killing of three Indian mariners in US military strikes in the Gulf of Oman.