Houthi attack on Saudi airport kills 12 as Lufthansa, Indian airlines suspend Riyadh service
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A Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed at least 12 people and injured 309, Saudi officials said, in the third attack on the airport within a week.
The dead included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis and citizens of the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, according to Saudi authorities. Six Pakistani nationals were among those injured. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh had been directed to coordinate assistance for them.
Earlier attacks on Thursday killed three Saudi nationals and injured several others at the Riyadh airport. Witnesses reported cracks and holes in the fuselage of a Saudia aircraft. According to CNA, the Houthis also said they had targeted an airport in Najran and an airbase in Khamis Mushait. Saudi authorities said debris from intercepted missiles damaged a kindergarten and medical complex in Riyadh.
The attacks disrupted aviation, with Lufthansa and Indian airlines suspending Riyadh service, while the European Union’s aviation safety body widened its warning concerning Saudi airspace.
Singapore condemned the attacks on civilian aviation infrastructure as “unacceptable,” while Pakistan called at the United Nations for an immediate halt. The Houthis say their strikes are in response to Saudi support for Yemen’s internationally recognized government, whose forces are fighting to regain territory recently taken by the group.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 5 articles, 3 with the publisher's own text; 4 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 96 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story is largely supported, but the headline should be corrected to match the sourced flight suspensions. - "airlines suspend Riyadh flights": The sources specify Lufthansa and Indian airlines suspended Riyadh service; the headline's plural phrasing is imprecise but material enough to correct to the sourced carriers. - "as airlines suspend Riyadh flights": The body supports specific suspensions by Lufthansa and Indian airlines, so the headline should match the sourced detail. - "The Houthis also said they had targeted an airport in Najran and an airbase in Khamis Mushait.": The source says Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group launched missiles at those sites on Thursday; the wording is acceptable, but the surrounding sentence placement could imply the same earlier Riyadh airport attacks without attribution to CNA.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
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A Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed at least 12 people and injured 309, Saudi officials said, in the third attack on the airport within a week.
The dead included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis and citizens of the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, according to Saudi authorities. Six Pakistani nationals were among those injured. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh had been directed to coordinate assistance for them.
Earlier attacks on Thursday killed three Saudi nationals and injured several others at the Riyadh airport. Witnesses reported cracks and holes in the fuselage of a Saudia aircraft. TheAccording to CNA, the Houthis also said they had targeted an airport in Najran and an airbase in Khamis Mushait. Saudi authorities said debris from intercepted missiles damaged a kindergarten and medical complex in Riyadh.
The attacks disrupted aviation, with Lufthansa and Indian airlines suspending Riyadh service, while the European Union’s aviation safety body widened its warning concerning Saudi airspace.
Singapore condemned the attacks on civilian aviation infrastructure as “unacceptable,” while Pakistan called at the United Nations for an immediate halt. The Houthis say their strikes are in response to Saudi support for Yemen’s internationally recognized government, whose forces are fighting to regain territory recently taken by the group.
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