The Saudi Civil Defense announced on Sunday, March 8, the killing of two people and the injury of 12 others following the fall of a military projectile on a residential site in Al-Kharj governorate in the central region of Saudi Arabia.
The Civil Defense explained in an official statement that its teams intervened immediately after the projectile fell, targeting a residential site belonging to one of the maintenance and cleaning companies in the governorate. The site was secured, and the incident was handled according to the approved procedures. The same source added that the incident resulted in the death of two people of Indian and Bangladeshi nationalities, in addition to the injury of 12 residents of Bangladeshi nationality, along with material damage to the site where the projectile fell. The Saudi Civil Defense confirmed that targeting civilian facilities represents a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, stressing the seriousness of such attacks that threaten the safety of civilians and residents. This incident comes in the context of escalating regional tensions, where several countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia, have been subjected to attacks by drones and missiles that targeted various sites and facilities since the beginning of the military escalation related to the American-Israeli attack on Iran.
