UAE: Suspected drone attack, 2 Indians killed
Guwahati: At least three people including two Indian nationals were killed and six injured as a suspected drone attack blew up petrol tanks near a major oil storage facility in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi.
“The explosion at Mussafah, near ADNOC’s storage tanks, caused three casualties, including two Indian citizens, according to UAE authorities. For more information, the Indian Mission in the UAE is in contact with the relevant UAE authorities “The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi sent out a tweet.
According to Reuters, Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed responsibility for an attack on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after authorities in the Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Abu Dhabi, presumably sparked by drones.
Three fuel-carrying tankers at the new Abu Dhabi Airport were apparently targeted in the attack. Three oil tankers caught fire and exploded, according to Abu Dhabi Police, while a fire broke out at the building site of the UAE’s new airport.
“Drones may have caused an explosion involving three oil tankers in Abu Dhabi on Monday morning, as well as a fire at the building site of the emirate’s new airport,” Abu Dhabi police said in a statement carried by the official WAM news agency.
Fuel tanker trucks burst in the industrial Musaffah area near storage facilities of oil major ADNOC, reports claimed.