Multiple people are understood to have been wounded in an explosion at the airport in Saudi Arabia‘s capital, just days after it was attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was attacked again today, according to officials, as an urgent evacuation was triggered at the international travel hub.
Eyewitnesses saw multiple people lying injured on the ground as more than a dozen rushed to the airport, while residents reported hearing two huge explosions.
All flights to Riyadh had either been diverted or cancelled, with only a helicopter hovering over the airport at one point, aviation tracker Flightradar shows.
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