Attack on King Fahd airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, kills at least two; reported tolls differ

Summary

An attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, killed two people, one of them an Indian national, according to Hindustan Times and NDTV. NDTV reports that a Saudi man and an Indian man were killed in the Wednesday attack and two others were injured. The Straits Times reports a higher toll of three people killed and eight injured across attacks on an Aramco oil field and the airport, and says the two people who died at the oil field were from Nepal and the Philippines. The outlets' accounts do not fully reconcile on the tolls, injury counts and locations. Hindustan Times notes that the airport has been targeted before, during a wave of Houthi missile and projectile attacks on major Saudi airports.

Timeline

1. Hindustan Times

   22 Oct 2026, 06:54 UTCSource ↗

   Hindustan Times reports that an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia killed two people, one of them an Indian national, and notes that the airport was previously targeted during a wave of Houthi missile and projectile attacks on major Saudi airports.

2. Straits Times

   22 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCSource ↗

   The Straits Times reports three people killed and eight injured in attacks on an Aramco oil field and a Saudi airport in the oil city of Dammam, and says the two people who died at the oil field were from Nepal and the Philippines.

3. NDTV

   22 Oct 2026, 08:12 UTCSource ↗

   NDTV reports that a Saudi man and an Indian man were killed and two others were injured in an attack on a Saudi airport on Wednesday.