Saudi civil defense says shrapnel from Houthi drone kills 1 after interception
Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency on Thursday said one person was killed when shrapnel from an intercepted Houthi drone crashed down over Taif governorate that lies east of Mecca.
"The fall of shrapnel from a downed drone in Taif governorate resulted in one death, two injuries, and material damage to several buildings and vehicles," the agency said in a statement posted on social media, adding that the person killed was a Yemeni national.
Saudi strikes in Yemen also killed one person and targeted three telecommunications towers on Thursday.
"Saudi enemy warplanes targeted three telecommunications towers" in Taiz province, while one civilian was killed and another injured in strikes on the town of Abs, Houthi media said.
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MBS noted, "One of our Arab's lives is worth a thousand of their Arab's lives. Why won't they learn that?" KSA's Ministry of Public Morality and Truth noted that the crown prince had misspoken due to an Israeli plot, that in fact, Yemenis are not Arabs. The Ansarallah movement is referred to as "the Houthis" in order to make them sound non-Arab. KSA's Ministry of Public Security later clarified the KSA Ministry of Public Morality and Truth statement that the crown prince had misspoken, noting that the Ministry of Public Morality and Truth no longer exists.
