Civil Defense announces the injury of an Asian resident and damage after intercepting a ballistic missile in Asir

The Civil Defense said in a statement published on its account on the “X” platform, quoting the official spokesman, that its teams began operations on Friday, October 2, 2026, following the fall of fragments of a ballistic missile in the Ahad Rufaidah Governorate in the Asir region after it was intercepted and destroyed, explaining that the missile was launched by the Houthi group, and resulted in the injury of a resident of Asian nationality and damage to a prayer hall inside a building and a number of vehicles.

The spokesman indicated that the procedures usually adopted in such cases were implemented, without the statement revealing the nature of the resident’s injury or the number of damaged vehicles.

The incident comes hours after the Civil Defense teams in the city of Najran directly announced that a projectile fired by the Houthis had fallen on a school, resulting in material damage.

In a related context, the official spokesman for the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, announced the interception and destruction of three ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis towards Khamis Mushait, on Friday evening, according to what was reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

The coalition confirmed that these attacks represent a continuation of deliberate actions that systematically target civilians and civilian objects, stressing the readiness of air defense systems to confront threats.

Ahad Rufaidah Governorate is located in the Asir region, southwest of the Kingdom, and the border areas with Yemen, especially Asir and Najran, are witnessing an escalation in Houthi missile attacks in recent days, in the midst of the renewed Yemeni conflict.