The U.S. Navy is holding two survivors from a sixth airstrike on an alleged drug trafficking boat, multiple outlets report.
The airstrike on Thursday targeted an apparently semi-submersible vessel that was partially underwater when it was hit, according to Reuters, which first reported on both the airstrike and the survivors. Two survivors were recovered by a U.S. military helicopter while at least one other person onboard died, according to Reuters and the Associated Press. The two survivors are being kept on a Navy ship, the outlets report.
The new attack came two days after the fifth airstrike in the sea killed six people. The attack on Thursday would bring the death toll since September from American attacks to at least 28.
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