Building owned by Saudi oil giant damaged in missile attack on Riyadh’s financial district
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The strike in King Abdullah Financial District has been claimed by the Iran-allied Houthis and came after Saudi Civil Defense issued an early-warning alert of a potential threat to the city.
Video circulating on social media and verified by CNN shows damage to several floors of the Aramco building, with windows seen blown out. But Saudi authorities said the impact was minimal.
“An administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Riyadh was subjected to an attempted attack,” on Sunday, according to the official Saudi news agency, citing a source at the Saudi Energy Ministry.
“The incident resulted in falling shrapnel that caused minor damage to the building, with no injuries or fatalities reported,” the agency reported.