Two killed in attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say
Two people were killed and eight injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The incident follows a series of drone and missile strikes attributed to Yemen's Houthi movement targeting Saudi infrastructure.
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Image source, Reuters Image caption, Dammam is the largest city in Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province
Two people were killed and eight others injured in an attack on an airport in Dammam, eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening, the kingdom's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) says.
Those killed at King Fahd International Airport were a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, while the injured were Saudi, Indian, Yemeni, Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals.
The GACA did not say what type of attack occurred, but Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement has repeatedly targeted the kingdom's airports with drones and missiles.
On Wednesday morning, two people were killed by debris from a drone that was intercepted over Eastern Province, where Dammam is located, the Saudi energy ministry said.
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