Riyadh airport attacked again a day after deadly strike

Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority has said one person was killed and 11 others were injured in a new attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on 11 October.

The General Authority of Civil Aviation said the dead person was a Pakistani resident and that the injured were taken to hospital.

The authority said officials were still assessing the material damage and checking the safety of the airport’s facilities.

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said an unidentified projectile hit Passenger Terminal 4 and started a fire, according to its spokesman, Major General Turki al-Malki.

Al-Malki said the coalition’s air defences also intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile near the airport on 11 October, and the coalition blamed the Houthi militia for the attacks on the airport.

The latest attack came a day after a strike on the same airport on 10 October that the authority said killed at least 12 people and injured more than 300.

The authority said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam was also attacked on 11 October.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated its Saudi Arabia travel advice on 11 October. It now also advises against all but essential travel to the cities of Jeddah and Dammam, and, with the exception of Medina International Airport, to every airport in Saudi Arabia.

The advice’s list of places to avoid except for essential travel also includes Riyadh, Aseer, Najran and Jizan provinces and the city of Taif.

The advice tells British nationals to avoid King Khalid International Airport until it is secure, and says: “Further attacks against airports are very likely.”

The advice says the Houthis, a military group in Yemen, have launched missiles and drones at several locations in Saudi Arabia since 13 July.

It tells British nationals who want to leave Saudi Arabia to consider travelling by land to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates or Jordan and flying from there.