Houthi projectile attack on Najran · 8 March 2018

General / Najran Civil Defense responds to a report of military projectile fragments falling on residential neighborhoods in Najran city

عام / مدني نجران يباشر بلاغًا عن سقوط شظايا مقذوفات عسكرية على أحياء سكنية بمدينة نجران //للصحف// (machine translation)

Date

8 March 2018 · 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 1439 AH

Place

Najran

Attacker

Houthis

Weapons

Projectile

Outcome

Struck target

Killed / injured

1 injured

Victims

Bangladeshi: 1 injured

Launched from

Saada (assumed)

Confirmation

Officially confirmed

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Sources (3 reports in all)

1. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) · Saudi official · 8 March 2018
   General / Najran Civil Defense responds to a report of military projectile fragments falling on residential neighborhoods in Najran city
   عام / مدني نجران يباشر بلاغًا عن سقوط شظايا مقذوفات عسكرية على أحياء سكنية بمدينة نجران //للصحف// (machine translation)

   “Najran 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 1439 AH corresponding to 08 March 2018 AD SPA The official spokesman of the Civil Defense Directorate in Najran region, Captain Abdulkhaliq Ali al-Qahtani, explained that Civil Defense men responded this morning, Thursday, corresponding to 20/6/1439 AH, to a report…”

2. X: @SaudiDCD (الدفاع المدني السعودي) · Saudi official · 8 March 2018
   Najran Civil Defense responded to a report of military projectile fragments launched by Houthi elements falling on residential neighborhoods in Najran, resulting in damage to a number of homes and the injury of a resident…
   باشر مدني ⁧#نجران⁩ بلاغ سقوط شظايا مقذوفات عسكرية أطلقتها عناصر حوثية على أحياء سكنية بنجران، نتج عنها تضرر عدد من المنازل وإصابة مقيمة من ا… (machine translation)

   “A Civil Defense in Najran received a report of the fall of fragments of military projectiles launched by Houthi elements on residential neighborhoods in Najran, resulting in damage to a number of homes and the injury of a Bangladeshi resident, who was transferred to the hospital to receive treatment https://t.co/0gO5H0c69I”

3. X: @alekhbariyatv (قناة الإخبارية) · Saudi media · 8 March 2018
   Breaking | A resident injured and a number of homes damaged after Houthi projectile fragments fell on Najran. Al-Ekhbariya
   عاجل | إصابة مقيمة وتضرر عدد من المنازل إثر سقوط شظايا مقذوفات حوثية على #نجران. #الإخبارية (machine translation)

   “Breaking: A resident injured and a number of homes damaged after Houthi projectile fragments fell on Najran. Al Ekhbariya https://t.co/WlA0697OsB”