No injuries reported after fallen drone debris hits six houses in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence have announced on Tuesday that debris from an intercepted drone fell on six houses in a neighborhood in its Al-Kharj Governorate, causing limited material damage, with no injuries reported.

The authority's official spokesperson stated that standard procedures were carried out to deal with the incident, according to the Saudi Press Agency. 

The Ministry of Defense's spokesperson, Major General Turki Al-Malki, also shared that four ballistic missiles launched toward Riyadh Region were intercepted and destroyed, according to the local agency.

 

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