Explosives-laden drone launched by Houthis intercepted in Saudi city of Najran

RIYADH: Houthi “terrorists” in Yemen launched a bomb-laden drone early Sunday toward the southern Saudi city of Najran, but it was shot down, the Arab coalition command said.

Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman of the coalition, said the drone was aimed at civilian targets in the city.

“The terrorist Houthi militia launched it in a systematic and deliberate manner to target civilian objects and civilians in the city of Najran,” Al-Maliki said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).