Second strike at Riyadh airport kills one, Saudi authorities say
Saudi authorities reported one person killed in a second strike at Riyadh airport on October 11, 2026. Reports place the impact at Terminal 4; responsibility for the projectile remains uncertain.
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- Saudi authorities reported one person killed in a second strike at Riyadh airport on October 11, 2026.
- Reports place the impact at Terminal 4; responsibility for the projectile remains uncertain.
A second strike at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed one person on October 11, 2026, according to reports by The Guardian and Al Jazeera citing Saudi authorities.
The Guardian reported that an unidentified projectile hit Terminal 4, caused a fire and injured 11 people. Its report attributed those details to Saudi civil aviation authorities. Al Jazeera separately reported that the person killed was a Pakistani national and that several people were injured.
The Guardian also reported that air defences intercepted a cruise missile near the airport. The available reports do not establish whether that interception and the projectile that struck the terminal involved the same weapon.
The incident followed a deadly attack at the airport on October 10, 2026, which AddisMizan has already covered. The new strike adds to concerns about the safety of civilian infrastructure as attacks connected to the Yemen conflict reach Saudi Arabia.
Al Jazeera described the latest incident as a Houthi strike, while The Guardian described the projectile that hit the terminal as unidentified. Responsibility for that specific impact has not been independently established in the source material available for this report.
