Saudi forces shoot down Houthi drone, five injured

Saudi Arabia’s Royal Air Defence Force shot down a Houthi drone that was flying toward Saudi Arabia, Saudi State TV reported. The spokesperson of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, Col Turki Al Maliki, said that the drone was targeting civilians in a residential area in the city of Abha.

After examining the debris of the destroyed drone, the coalition said that it showed characteristics and specifications of Iranian manufacturing.

The Spokesman for the Directorate of Civil Defence in Asir Region, Colonel Mohammed Al Assami, said the fall of the fragments of the drone injured four Saudi nationals, including a woman, and a resident of Indian nationality.

Six vehicles and a number of houses were damaged in the attack.