Riyadh Airport Attack Kills 12, Including Two Bangladeshis
Twelve people, including two Bangladeshis, were killed in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Another 309 people were injured, some of them critically.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed the casualties on Sunday (October 11). The dead included two Bangladeshis, four Saudi citizens and one citizen each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt.
Saudi authorities blamed Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the attack. The injured were taken to hospitals by ambulances and helicopters.
Airport operations were temporarily suspended after the attack on Saturday. Authorities have begun assessing the damage. According to flight-tracking website FlightAware, at least 291 flights were cancelled at Riyadh airport within 24 hours.
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