Twelve crew members were injured when a projectile struck the Panama-flagged tanker On Peace as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz on 6 October, India’s foreign ministry said, according to The New Indian Express.

Eleven of the injured are Indian nationals. The ministry said Omani authorities helped evacuate them and that they were receiving medical treatment in Khasab, Oman.

The ministry’s account did not identify who launched the projectile. It described the incident as an attack on a commercial vessel off the Omani coast.

The On Peace had 19 crew members aboard, including 17 Indians, according to the ministry statement reported by The New Indian Express. India condemned the attack and thanked Oman for helping evacuate the injured sailors.

New Delhi called for an immediate end to attacks in the region and the restoration of navigation and trade through international waterways. Its appeal covered commercial vessels, seafarers and civilian infrastructure.

Reuters identified the vessel as an Aframax-class oil tanker in a report published by MarketScreener. The agency reported that its manager, Anglo-Eastern Tanker Management Hong Kong, and operator, ONEX DMCC, had not immediately responded to requests for comment.

The incident follows other projectile strikes reported in the same waterway. On 23 September, AFP reported that the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency had received an account of a cargo vessel hit by an unidentified projectile.

That vessel caught fire and was left adrift, with its crew evacuated and two casualties reported, according to the agency’s statement quoted by AFP. The accessible account did not specify whether those casualties were injuries or deaths.

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Oman and Iran and connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Its data show that oil shipments through the strait averaged 20.9 million barrels a day in the first half of 2025, equivalent to about one-fifth of global petroleum liquids consumption. India was among the leading destinations for crude oil and condensate passing through it.

India’s ministry said continuing attacks on shipping remained a source of deep concern and renewed its call for them to stop.