JEDDAH: A Saudi citizen was killed in shelling fired across the border from Yemen into the southwest of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, local media reported.

A shell fell on a house around dawn in Najran province, civil defense department spokesman Ali bin Omair Al-Shahran was quoted as saying in the report.

Houthi militias and forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have carried out similar attacks since war erupted in Yemen four months ago.