Saudi Arabia says 5 wounded as Huthi drones intercepted
- By AFP -
- Apr 03, 2019
Saudi air defences intercepted two drones launched by Huthis from neighbouring Yemen but debris wounded five civilians, including a child.
The drones targeted Khamis Mushait, home to a major airbase in the southwest of kingdom, coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
“At 9:35 pm (1835 GMT) on Tuesday, the Royal Saudi Air Defence systems detected two unidentified objects headed towards civilian (areas),” he said, adding they were “intercepted and destroyed”.
The Huthis have repeatedly fired ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia in the past too.
Saudi Arabia has said the missiles were all intercepted by air defences, but one civilian was killed by shrapnel.
The Huthis say their missile attacks have targeted airbases from which a Saudi-led coalition has conducted a devastating bombing war since March 2015 in support of the Yemeni government.
Most of those killed in the conflict have been civilians, while millions have been brought to the brink of famine.