Projectile launched from Yemen lands in Saudi’s Jazan, five civilians injured

Five civilians in the city of Jazan in Saudi Arabia were injured on Saturday after they were hit by debris from a military projectile launched from Yemen, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

The media spokesman for the Civil Defense directorate in Jazan, Colonel Muhammad bin Yahya Al-Ghamdi, stated that the directorate had “received a report about a military projectile launched by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia from inside the Yemeni territories towards one of the border villages in Al-Harath governorate in the Jazan region”.

The five civilians faced light injuries as a result of flying shrapnel and were transported to the hospital, he said.

Their health condition is now stable and the “approved procedures in such cases have also been implemented”.

The projectile also caused damage to the “façade of a civilian object protected by international humanitarian law” and three civilian vehicles, Al-Ghamdi added.