Yemen's Houthis said they have launched an attack on the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported on Monday, after police in the capital Abu Dhabi reported two fires.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed responsibility for an alleged drone attack on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Abu Dhabi that occurred Monday morning.
Three fuel tankers exploded in Abu Dhabi's Musaffah industrial area near storage facilities of oil firm ADNOC and a fire broke out at a new construction site at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
According to the latest reports, three people - one Pakistani and two Indian nationals - were killed, and six others were wounded in the drone attack. The six injured have injuries ranging from light to medium, according to WAM, Dubai's Al-Arabiya English reported.
Adnoc Group confirmed that the three people who died at its Mussafah fuel depot in Abu Dhabi were employees.
Meanwhile, Saudi ministry of foreign affairs strongly condemned the attack. We condemn in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack that targeted Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, the foreign affairs ministry said.
Footage from 4 hours ago in , from Snapchat shows a large plume of smoke rising from the area near the reported attack. Footage was taken from https://t.co/TX9XEzHluv pic.twitter.com/9mWdgXRUMW
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel)UAE authorities have informed that the explosion at Mussafah, near ADNOC’s storage tanks, has led to 3 casualties, which includes 2 Indian nationals. The Mission is in close touch with concerned UAE authorities for further details.
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi)Drones were spotted in the area prior to the explosion. Local police said that small flying objects were seen shortly prior to the fires.
Abu Dhabi police, in a statement on state news agency WAM, said three fuel tankers had exploded in the industrial Musaffah area near storage facilities of oil firm ADNOC and that a fire had broken out at a construction site at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
There was no damage from the incidents, the statement said, adding that initial investigations showed parts of a small plane "possibly a drone" in both sites.