DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s air defence systems shot down a drone over the kingdom, the military coalition in Yemen said, and it accused the country’s Houthi fighters of launching the aircraft and targeting civilians.
Some civilians suffered light injuries from debris when the drone was shot down, coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said, according to Saudi state television .
The aircraft had been heading towards residential areas in Abha, around 230 km (140 miles) north of the border with Yemen, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV said.
An inspection of the wreckage showed the drone had “Iranian characteristics and specifications,” Maliki said.
The Houthis have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi Arabia in the four-year conflict, which is widely seen as a proxy battle between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Most of the missiles have been intercepted by the Saudi military.