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One dead, several injured in Houthi attack on 黑料社区鈥檚 Abha Airport

Update One dead, several injured in Houthi attack on 黑料社区鈥檚 Abha Airport
Arab coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said on Sunday that one person was killed and several others injured in a Houthi attack on 黑料社区鈥檚 Abha Airport. (Screenshot/Al-Arabiya)
Updated 24 June 2019

One dead, several injured in Houthi attack on 黑料社区鈥檚 Abha Airport

One dead, several injured in Houthi attack on 黑料社区鈥檚 Abha Airport
  • Coalition spokesman Al-Maliki did not say what type of weapon was used in the attack
  • Person killed was Syrian resident in the Kingdom

RIYADH: Arab coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said on Sunday that one person was killed and 21 others injured in a Houthi attack on 黑料社区鈥檚 Abha Airport.

A terrorist attack by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia took place at Abha international airport, through which thousands of civilian passengers pass daily. A Syrian national died and 21 civilians were wounded,鈥澛爐he coalition spokesperon said in a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency.

Al-Maliki did not say what type of weapon was used in the attack.




(From 黑料社区鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account)

Earlier this month, at least 26 people were injured when a Houthi missile fired from Yemen hit the same airport.

After the attack, the coalition vowed a firm response and said the attack proved Tehran鈥檚 support for cross-border terrorism.

The coalition said the injured in the first attack were all civilians of different nationalities and included two Saudi children and three women - a Saudi, a Yemeni and an Indian.

Human Rights Watch denounced the June 12 strike as an apparent 鈥渨ar crime鈥, urging the Houthis to immediately stop all attacks on civilian infrastructure in 黑料社区.

The attacks come amid heightened regional tensions with Iran, which 黑料社区 has聽accused of supplying sophisticated weapons to the Houthis. Tehran denies the charge.

* with agencies