The UAE vowed reprisals after a drone attack on Monday claimed by Yemen s Huthi rebels triggered a fuel tank blast that killed three people in Abu Dhabi.
The United Arab Emirates is part of a Saudi-led military coalition that supports Yemen s govern-ment against the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have repeatedly targeted Saudi Arabia with cross border strikes.
But this is the first deadly assault on its own soil acknowledged by the UAE and claimed by the re-bels, who said they had fired ballistic missiles and deployed armed drones.
Two Indians and a Pakistani working for oil giant ADNOC died as three petrol tanks exploded near a storage facility, while a fire also ignited in a con-struction area at Abu Dhabi airport in the heart of the UAE, a renowned safe haven in the volatile Middle East.
Police said “small flying objects, possibly belonging to drones” were found at both sites. Drone attacks have been a hallmark of the rebels assaults on neighbouring Saudi Arabia.—Agencies
