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UK agency reports vessel strike in Hormuz; Iran’s Guards say tankers hit mines

DOHA: A vessel was struck on Sunday by “an unknown projectile” in the Strait of Hormuz, a British maritime security agency said, after Qatari media reported an earlier attack on a gas tanker. Britain’s UKMTO maritime agency said “the master of a merchant vessel has relayed a Mayday call... stating that another vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile” in the strait. Later on Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said two oil tankers “exploded” after striking mines while tr