UAE Blasts: Mortal Remains of 2 Indians to Reach Amritsar on Friday Morning
Of the three people killed, one was a Pakistani national, while the other two were Indian nationals.
Of the three people killed, one was a Pakistani national, while the other two were Indian nationals.
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The mortal remains of the two Indians killed in the suspected Houthi drone strike in Abu Dhabi on 17 January will reach Amritsar on Friday morning, 21 January, Sunjay Sudhir, the Indian envoy to the UAE, said, as per ANI.
Sudhir also said that the Indian Embassy in the UAE had completed all formalities for the repatriation of the mortal remains of the two.
Background
At least three people were killed and six other injured after the Houthi movement in Yemen, known as the Ansar Allah, announced on Monday, 17 January, that it had organised an attack on the United Arab Emirates after the latter's administration reported two fires in Abu Dhabi, possibly ignited by drone strikes, AFP reported.
Of the three people killed, one was a Pakistani national, while the other two were Indian nationals, all of whom worked at oil giant ADNOC and died as three petrol tanks exploded near a storage facility.
Six others were wounded with light-to-medium level injuries, state news agency WAM reported.
The Abu Dhabi police also said that three fuel tanker trucks had exploded in Musaffah, near oil storage facilities. It also reported that a fire broke out at a construction site at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
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