NAJRAN: Two Saudi girls were killed on Sunday when their family house in the southern border region of Najran was hit by a Katyusha rocket fired from Yemen, the Directorate of Civil Defense said.
Col. Ali bin Omair Al-Shahrani, civil defense spokesman in Najran, said five other members of the family were wounded and were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Al-Shahrani was quoted by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) as saying the attack happened at 6:05 a.m.
The attack comes just a day after a rocket fired from Yemen killed a five-year-old boy and wounded three members of his family, also in Najran.
On Friday, a rocket barrage struck a power station in Najran, marking a rare hit on Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure after months of periodic bombardment of the area.
Attacks have intensified since the suspension in early August of UN-brokered peace talks between the Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies, and Yemen’s internationally recognized government which has the military support of a Saudi-led Arab coalition.
Ten people have been killed in Najran since August 16, when a single strike claimed seven lives.
The Arab coalition has also stepped up its air raids in Yemen since the peace talks collapsed.
The coalition intervened in March last year to support President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after the Houthis and their allies seized much of Yemen.
