The Palau-flagged vessel disabled by the US military in the Gulf of Oman dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings and other shows of force before its engine room was fired upon, killing three Indian sailors, a report on Sunday stated. According to an AP report citing a US official, the tanker M/T Settebello’s crew ignored at least eight shows of force by US military aircraft, which included fired flares and flyovers. Final directives and blockade violations Two additional final warnings were also issued to the vessel that had 24 Indian crew members, before the American forces fired at the ship that was travelling off the Oman coast on Wednesday. The US Central Command had said that the oil tanker tried to “violate” the blockade put up by America outside the Strait of Hormuz. Casualties from precision fire An American aircraft fired “precision munitions” at the engine room of the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello vessel, the US military said earlier in the week, and the incident in the Gulf of Oman led to the killing of three Indian …