The president of Kokuka Sangyo, the Japanese company that owns one of the attacked oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, said in a press conference that “the crew told us something came flying at the ship, and they found a hole,” Katada said. “Then some crew witnessed the second shot.”

President Yutaka Katada also said that the crew of Kokuka Courageous tanker saw an Iranian military ship in the vicinity on Thursday.

According to Reuters, Katada announced that the tanker’s shipment of methanol was unharmed, and the ship is now sailing toward the port of Khor Fakkan in the UAE with an escort from the U.S Navy, and the crew has returned to the ship after the evacuation following the incident.

Katada said he did not believe their tanker was targeted because it was owned by a Japanese firm because the tanker is registered in Panama and was flying a Panamanian flag: “Unless very carefully examined, it would be hard to tell the tanker was operated or owned by Japanese.”

The Japanese tanker was attacked on Thursday near the Strait of Hormuz as the prime minister of Japan was meeting with Iranian leaders in Tehran.

The United States has blamed Iran for these attacks. Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened that if they are not able to export oil due to U.S sanctions, they will not allow any oil to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Almost a fifth of world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz.