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Attack on King Fahd Airport in Dammam Leaves Two Reported Dead, Eight Injured

Elena MarquezPublished 28m ago2 min readBased on 5 sources
Attack on King Fahd Airport in Dammam Leaves Two Reported Dead, Eight Injured
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An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, in eastern Saudi Arabia, killed two people and injured eight others, Al Jazeera reported.

Reuters reported that the two people killed were a Saudi citizen and an Indian national. Reuters The Saudi Press Agency, the country's state news agency, gave a different death count in its own report, saying one resident had been killed. Saudi Press Agency It also described the eight injured as having wounds ranging from minor to critical.

All of the injured were taken to hospitals, according to Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera

The Dammam attack follows a separate incident at a major Saudi airport. Reuters reported that an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed one person and wounded eight. Reuters

Separately, the Saudi Press Agency reported that the British Foreign Secretary, Britain's top diplomat, condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia during a phone call with the Saudi foreign minister. The Houthis are an armed movement based in Yemen. Saudi Press Agency