AN INDIAN national was killed and three others injured in two separate attacks targeting a major airport and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, officials said onThursday, amid a spate of missile and drone strikes by Yemen’s Houthis on key infrastructure in the Gulf country. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said that Saudi authorities have informed it about the casualties in the attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar onWednesday night. It said that one Indian national was earlier injured in an attack at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield on Wednesday and added that the mission was in touch with Saudi authorities for further details. “One Indian national was among two people who unfortunately lost their lives in the attack on Dammam airport yesterday night and two Indian nationals were injured,” the embassy said in a social media post on Thursday.

 

“We are ascertaining further details and contacting the affected families. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of the deceased and we wish speedy recovery of the injured,” it added. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said that one Saudi citizen and an Indian resident were killed in the attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. The same airport was previously targeted on October 11. It said that eight people, including two Indians, were injured in the attack. The injured also included Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals. “Their injuries range from minor to critical, and they are receiving the necessary medical care at several hospitals,” it added.