Riyadh airport closure extended after deadly Houthi attacks
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Saudi Arabia extended the suspension of operations at King Khalid International Airport on Monday following deadly attacks over the weekend, with the civil aviation authority saying safety and operational-readiness checks were still under way. It did not say when the airport would reopen.
A Houthi-claimed strike on Saturday killed 13 people and injured more than 300, according to Saudi authorities and reports cited by Scroll.in. Another projectile hit a passenger terminal on Sunday, killing one person and injuring nearly a dozen others, CNA reported.
Among those killed after Saturday’s attack was Mohammed Yousuf, a 46-year-old Indian IT professional from Hyderabad who had been travelling with his wife and three children for Umrah. India’s embassy said three injured Indian nationals remained in intensive care in stable condition, two were in regular wards and the others had been discharged. The embassy said it would help Yousuf’s family repatriate his body.
The disruption continued Monday, when aviation analytics firm Cirium expected about 60 percent of scheduled Riyadh flights to be cancelled. Lufthansa suspended Riyadh flights through October 16, Air France-KLM through the end of October and Etihad Airways through October 19. Saudi Health Minister Fahad Al Jalajel visited survivors in hospital on Sunday, including a UAE teacher injured while travelling for Umrah.
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