The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said on Monday that no Indian citizen was killed when a military projectile struck a residential locality in the city of Al-Kharj a day before.
The embassy stated that its counsellor had visited Al-Kharj and met an injured Indian national at a government hospital.
News reports had earlier claimed that an Indian and a Bangladeshi national were killed in the strike. Twelve persons were injured in the attack, Reuters had quoted the Saudi Civil Defence as saying.
However, the Saudi Civil Defence later clarified that the two persons killed in the incident were Bangladeshi nationals. It added that 11 Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian national were injured in the attack.
On Sunday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted radar systems in several locations, including Al-Kharj.
Iran has been striking targets in Israel as well as the United States’ assets in Gulf countries since the conflict broke out in West Asia on February 28.
The conflict began after Israel and the US had launched a joint operation to “degrade the capabilities” of the Iranian government. Tehran retaliated by striking Israel and US military bases in the region, and targeting major cities in other Gulf countries and some ships.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs said on March 3 that some Indian nationals have been killed in the conflict, while others remain missing.
A day earlier, the Directorate General of Shipping had confirmed that three Indian seafarers were killed and one injured amid the conflict while serving on board foreign-flagged vessels.
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