Indian killed in attack on Saudi Arabia's Dammam airport — SkimNews
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- King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was attacked on Wednesday night, killing one Indian national and injuring two others, with the Indian Embassy in Riyadh reporting a total of two deaths at the facility
- Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield was struck by a drone the day before; Saudi air defenses intercepted it, but falling shrapnel killed a Filipino and a Nepali national and injured an Indian and a Pakistani, with a contractor's vehicle catching fire but oilfield operations unaffected
- Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen have waged a prolonged campaign of drone and missile strikes on Saudi airports, energy sites and infrastructure, though Saudi authorities have not publicly identified who was behind either the Dammam or Shaybah attacks
- The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said it is gathering details and contacting the families of victims, while urging the kingdom's roughly 2.74 million Indian nationals to shelter indoors during attacks and warning them not to film or share images of interceptions under Saudi law
- India has strongly condemned the attacks targeting civilian facilities and called for an immediate end to hostilities, coming after an earlier-this-month strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport that killed one Indian national and injured several others
Why it matters: With roughly 2.74 million Indians working across Saudi Arabia, repeated strikes on airports and oil infrastructure are turning the kingdom's largest expatriate community into frontline casualties — and Saudi Arabia's refusal to publicly attribute the Dammam or Shaybah attacks leaves India unable to direct its diplomatic response at a confirmed perpetrator.
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