United States officials condemned the Houthi attack on a Saudi airport in Riyadh that reportedly killed 13 people, including an American, and left hundreds more injured.
On Saturday, the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was targeted in attack attributed to the terrorist Yemeni militant group, the Houthis, according to Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry.
“The United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis, including today’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that took numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Saturday statement.
The Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation announced 12 deaths, which included four Saudis, two Bangladeshi nationals, one American, one Egyptian, one Jordanian, one Syrian, one Palestinian and one Sudanese. Per the authority, 309 others were injured, including some in critical condition.
The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia also said on Sunday that one Indian national succumbed to their injuries, bringing the death toll to 13.
