20 Thai sailors back home after attack

Safe and sound: Some of the crew members, rescued after their ship was hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. — Thailand

TWENTY Thai crew members of a cargo ship attacked in the crucial Strait of Hormuz arrived in Thailand, with three of their colleagues still stranded on the vessel in the Gulf.

The Thai-registered Mayuree Naree was hit by two projectiles last Wednesday while transiting through the Gulf waterway, after departing a port in the United Arab Emirates.