Five Indians and seven others were injured by the falling debris of an intercepted projectile in UAE's Abu Dhabi on Friday, according to authorities. The debris from the aerial interception fell in the city's Ajban area, Abu Dhabi's Media Office said.
All five Indian citizens sustained only minor injuries, the government agency said. The remaining people who were injured in the incident are all Nepali nationals. The injuries were announced hours after a fire, caused by interception debris, was reported at a gas facility in the same area. One of the seven Nepali citizens has been severely wounded, the media office added.
"As part of the ongoing follow-up to the previously reported incident in the Ajban area caused by falling debris following the successful interception by air defence systems, authorities confirm that the incident has resulted in minor to moderate injuries sustained by 6 individuals of Nepali nationality and 5 individuals of Indian nationality, and one major injury sustained by an individual of Nepali nationality," it said in a post on X.
While the origin and the exact nature of the "aerial threat" were not disclosed, the attack came as Iran continued to hit Gulf states as part of its armed conflict with the joint front of Israel and the US in the region.
Earlier, on March 26, one Indian national was among two people who lost their lives when debris from a successful missile interception rained down on the Sweihan street of Abu Dhabi.
A few days after that, five Indians were injured when debris fell in the vicinity of the Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) as a ballistic missile was intercepted by the UAE's air defence system, per local media reports.
Several sites across the Gulf region, including energy infrastructure, have been targeted by Iranian drones and missiles since the outbreak of the current war in the Middle East.
Earlier this week, Amazon's computing operation in Bahrain was damaged after an Iranian strike, according to a source-based report by the Financial Times.
While Bahrain's Interior Ministry acknowledged a fire at a company facility following what authorities described as an Iranian attack, it did not provide details on the firm involved.
Source: ANI
