4 injured from missile shrapnel in Riyadh as fragment falls near refinery

Four people were injured when shrapnel from a ballistic missile interception fell on a residential area of the Saudi capital Riyadh, the country’s civil defense says.

“Four residents sustained injuries, and limited material damage occurred, as a result of shrapnel falling onto a residential area in Riyadh following the interception of a ballistic missile,” says a civil defense statement on X.

Altogether, Saudi Arabia intercepted four ballistic missiles today, with a fragment falling near a refinery south of Riyadh, its defense ministry says, as Iran threatened Gulf gas facilities following US-Israeli attacks on its own infrastructure.

“Four ballistic missiles launched toward the city of Riyadh were intercepted and destroyed; a fragment of one of the ballistic missiles landed near a refinery south of Riyadh,” the ministry says in a statement on X.