Shrapnel Injures 12 at Saudi Abha Airport as Drone Intercepted

Shrapnel Injures 12 at Saudi Abha Airport as Drone Intercepted
A picture shows the entrance of Abha airport in the southwest of Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 31, 2021. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images
Reuters
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DUBAI—Twelve people were injured at Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport by shrapnel from an explosive-laden drone intercepted by air defenses on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said.

In a statement carried by Al Arabiya TV, the coalition later warned people in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa to avoid civilian locations used for military purposes during the next 72 hours while they strike drone launch sites,