Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/ File)
An Indian national was among two killed in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday when debris of missiles intercepted by the country’s air defence system fell on a street in Abu Dhabi. This takes the death toll of Indians in the war in West Asia to seven.
The Indian Embassy in the UAE expressed “deepest condolences” on the tragic demise of an Indian national in the incident. “The Embassy is closely coordinating with the UAE authorities to render all possible support and assistance,” it posted on X.
The second person killed in the incident is a Pakistani national, while the three injured also include an Indian, the Abu Dhabi Media Office reported.
UAE’s air defences are responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran at regular intervals, according to the country’s Ministry of Defence.
“Abu Dhabi authorities have responded to an incident involving falling debris in Sweihan street, following the successful interception of a ballistic missile by air defence systems,” Abu Dhabi Media Office posted on social media.
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“The incident has resulted in the deaths of two individuals of Pakistani and Indian nationality, and in injuries ranging from serious to moderate sustained by three individuals of Emirati, Jordanian and Indian nationality,” it added.
On March 13, two Indian nationals were killed and 10 others injured in a drone strike in Oman’s Sohar city. Earlier, three Indian sailors were killed in attacks on merchant vessels. And on March 18, an Indian was killed in Riyadh following a missile attack in Saudi Arabia.
Before Thursday’s incident, six Indian nationals had lost their lives and one remains missing in recent incidents.
Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More
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Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/ File) 
