Pakistani national killed, 11 injured in Riyadh airport attack

Add ARY News on GoogleFollow on Google DiscoverReutersAAResizeRIYADH: A Pakistani national was killed and 11 others were injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) confirmed.

In a statement, GACA said the injured were immediately transferred to hospitals for necessary medical treatment.

The authority added that officials, in coordination with relevant agencies, were assessing the material damage and verifying the safety of airport facilities.

The latest casualty figures followed an earlier announcement reporting fresh attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam.

Earlier, on Saturday, another deadly attack attributed to the Houthi militia reportedly targeted King Khalid International Airport, killing 12 people and injuring more than 300, according to the report.

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The dead from the third attack this week on the airport included four Saudis, two people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. At the latest count, 309 were wounded, officials said.

President Donald Trump said Washington was considering joining Saudi strikes on the Houthis in the conflict, a spillover ​from the war on Iran that the US and Israel launched in February.

Hospitals were flooded with wounded brought by ambulance and helicopter, some in critical condition after ​the attack, which occurred without warning.

The two previous attacks on King Khalid International Airport this week killed ⁠four and caused heavy damage to a Saudi commercial plane parked on the tarmac.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the attacks on the airport, saying they “demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life”. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned Saturday’s strike, reiterating that attacks on civilians and ​civilian infrastructure violate international law and must cease immediately.

Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government have claimed hundreds of strikes on targets in Houthi-held territory. The Houthis have said these killed ​civilians including women and children. Reuters could not independently verify those claims.

RIYADH: A Pakistani national was killed and 11 others were injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) confirmed. In a statement, GACA said the injured were immediately transferred to hospitals for necessary medical treatment. The authority added that officials, in coordination […]