The defense forces of the international coalition operating in Yemen under the command of Saudi Arabia have managed this Tuesday to neutralize and render useless two missiles, one ballistic and the other cruise, fired by the Houthi rebel militia with course toward the Saudi capital, Riyadh, according to what the coalition’s spokesperson, Turki al Maliki, has detailed.
After the detection and the launch of the projectiles, the National Early Warning Platform of the City of Riyadh issued an urgent notice to the public in which it warned of a “potential danger” in the area and asked residents to strictly comply with the safety instructions issued by emergency services.
Later, the General Directorate of Civil Defense of Saudi Arabia published a new statement in which it confirmed that “the danger has passed in the City of Riyadh,” although at the same time it called on the population to act with prudence, avoid gatherings of people, and refrain from recording video of the scene of the incident for security reasons.
So far, Saudi authorities have not reported the existence of material damage or any fatalities resulting from the fall of the intercepted weapon remnants.