Saudi Arabia denounces an attack against the facilities of the King Khalid international airport in Riyadh in which at least 12 people have died and more than 300 are injured. The authorities attribute the events to the insurgents Houthi Shiites of Yemen.
“Regarding the brutal attack that targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the attack caused the death of 12 people, including four Saudi citizens,” the General Aviation Authority said in a statement. The rest of the fatalities are “residents; two of Bangladeshi nationality, one American, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian and one Sudanese.”
According to the statement, the attack “caused injuries to 309 people, who receive the necessary medical care in several hospitals, some of them in critical condition,” as well as “material damage that is currently being evaluated.”
The official Saudi authority did not say, however, when operations at the airport, which were suspended “temporarily,” will be resumed. However, it had stated in a first statement that the suspension of operations will continue “until the assessment of the damage is completed and the safety of the facilities is verified, in coordination with the competent authorities.”
Second attack attributed to the Houthis
This Saturday is the second attack attributed to the Houthi rebels on the Riyadh airport in the last 24 hours; This Friday caused the death of three people and damage to a Saudi airline plane and other facilities.
Last Wednesday, the Saudi authorities also announced the death of three other people and more than 30 wounded, of various nationalities, in similar attacks by Yemeni insurgents against the airports of Riyadh and Abha, the latter in the southwest of the Arab kingdom.
The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed responsibility for several drone and ballistic missile attacks against Saudi civilian and military facilities, including airports and energy facilities, in recent weeks.
