Houthi rebel video shows group planted bombs on oil tanker in Red Sea

Fires burning aboard the oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea (European Union’s Operation Aspides/AP)

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that had been abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it.

The incident put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill.