New Delhi: An Indian national was killed in missile and drone attacks on the Saudi Arabian capital, with the total number of Indian deaths in the West Asia conflict rising to six.
The Indian national died in Riyadh on Wednesday, the first Indian fatality reported in Saudi Arabia. Two Indians were killed in an attack on an industrial area in Oman on February 13, and three seafarers died in attacks on merchant vessels in the days of the conflict, while one more citizen was reported missing.
Indian officials have helped Indians in Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq, where the airspace remains closed, to cross over to Saudi Arabia to take flights. A total of 300,000 people have returned to India from West Asia since the start of the conflict on February 28.
