DAMMAM: Two people were killed and eight were injured in an attack on Wednesday evening on King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia's eastern oil city of Dammam, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation said on Thursday.
Those killed were a Saudi citizen and an Indian national, the authority said. The injuries ranged from minor to serious.
Damage was being assessed, it added.
Airport operations had resumed and air traffic had returned to normal, the authority said.
Earlier, the Saudi energy ministry said that falling debris from the succesful interception of a drone targeting an oil facility killed two people and injured a further two on Wednesday.
"The attempted attack resulted in the deaths of two individuals, a Filipino and a Nepali, and injuries to two others," the ministry said in a statement.
It did not say who launched the drone aimed at Shaybah oil field near the UAE border.
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