Saudi TV: Drone attack on airport wounds 8, damages plane

Published August 31, 2021 1:53 AM

By ISABEL DEBRE
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state TV says that a bomb-laden drone has targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen blamed the assault on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. It’s the latest assault on the kingdom amid its grinding war in Yemen. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the second such strike on Abha in 24 hours. The earlier attack caused no casualties. The Saudi-led coalition did not elaborate on the attack or provide details about the casualties, beyond saying that its forces had “intercepted” the explosive drone. There was no immediate comment from the rebels.

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