DAMMAM: Three people were killed and 10 others injured in separate attacks targeting King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and a Saudi Aramco facility at the Shaybah oil field in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, officials said.
According to a report by Saudi Gazette, one expatriate was killed and eight others injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport on Wednesday evening, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced.
The authority said the attack resulted in one fatality and eight injuries ranging from minor to severe. The injured were immediately transported to hospitals for medical treatment.
GACA confirmed that the incident also caused material damage, which was being assessed. Further updates would be issued as more information became available, it added.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, said coalition forces had intercepted and destroyed four drones in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
In a separate incident, two expatriates were killed and two others injured in a drone attack targeting a Saudi Aramco facility at the Shaybah oil field, the Ministry of Energy announced.
An official source at the ministry said Saudi air defences intercepted a drone attempting to target one of the oil field’s processing facilities.
The attempted attack sparked a fire in a vehicle belonging to a contractor working at the site, outside the facility’s perimeter. The incident did not affect operational activities, the source said.
The ministry confirmed that two expatriates, one Filipino and one Nepali national, were killed, while two others, a Pakistani and an Indian national, sustained injuries.
The relevant authorities responded immediately and took the necessary measures, the source added.
The ministry expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
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