Civil Defense: Military projectile launched by Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia falls on border village in Jazan Region

Jizan, March 2, 2021, SPA -- The Spokesman for the Civil Defense Directorate in Jazan Region, Colonel Mohammed bin Yahiya Al-Ghamdi, has stated that the directorate received a report about the fall of a military projectile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia from inside Yemen towards one of the border villages in Jazan Region. Colonel Al-Ghamdi added that the military projectile had fallen in a public street, resulting in the injury of five civilians, including three citizens and two Yemeni nationals, as a result of flying shrapnel, and they were transferred to the hospital to receive appropriate medical care. The flying shrapnel also damaged two houses, a grocery store, and three civilian vehicles. The procedures adopted in such cases have been immediately implemented, he said. --SPA