New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- One person was killed, and 8 others were injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam city, according to Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced that all the wounded, who sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical, have been transported to local hospitals to receive medical attention.

The airport strike followed another deadly incident earlier in the day. The Ministry of Energy stated that two people were killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone attempting to strike a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield.

Wednesday's incidents mark the latest in a series of assaults on Saudi a...