Indian national among two killed in Abu Dhabi as intercepted missile debris falls amid escalating West Asia war

Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/ File)

An Indian national and a Pakani national were killed in Abu Dhabi after debris fell from an intercepted ballic missile amid the US-Israel’s war with Iran in West Asia, UAE’s media office said on Thursday.

In a post on X, the Abu Dhabi media office wrote, “In the context of the ongoing follow-up to the previously announced incident resulting from the fall of debris following the successful interception of a ballic missile air defenses, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals of Pakani and Indian nationality.”

The media office in the statement added that three people were injured in the incident who were of Emirati, Jordanian, and Indian nationality.

According to UAE’s Minry of Defence, the country’s air defences intercepted missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched from Iran.