KATHMANDU: Three people have been killed and 10 others injured in an attack on an airport and oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia.
One person was killed and 8 others were injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam city on Wednesday night. The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that 8 people were injured in the attack.
Officials have not said who carried out the attack, but Yemen’s Houthi rebels have repeatedly targeted Saudi airports in recent days.
However, the Iranian-backed Houthis have not yet commented on the attack. The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the injured suffered minor to serious injuries and that the material damage at the airport was being assessed.
Earlier on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy reported that two people were killed and two others, including an Indian, were injured when the wreckage of a downed drone fell in Saudi Aramco’s Shayba oil field. The ministry said that a Nepali and a Filipino national were among the dead. An Indian and a Pakistani national were also among the injured.
The ministry’s statement said that the contractor’s vehicle was also set on fire in the Shayba oil field when the debris fell. The Saudi-led coalition, which is seeking to restore legitimacy in Yemen, claimed to have shot down seven drones. The coalition’s spokesman, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, said in a post on X that four drones aimed at Saudi Arabia were intercepted and destroyed. He added in a second post that these drones were intercepted in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province and the Medina region.
Al-Maliki later added that another drone had also been intercepted in the eastern province. On Wednesday evening, the coalition said it had intercepted a sixth Houthi drone targeting the southern region and a seventh drone targeting the eastern province. – Agency
