Mortar attack from Yemen kills 2 Bangladeshis in KSA

Two Bangladeshis were killed and several others injured in a mortar attack launched from Yemen on a hospital in Saudi Arabia early today.

The attack was on the Samtah General Hospital in Jizan area of Saudi Arabia, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said in a post on his Facebook timeline.

The dead were identified as Nuru of Tangail and Baten of Brahmanbaria, who used to work as cleaners in the hospital, the minister added.

The injured were undergoing treatment at the hospital there, he added.

No other details are available at the moment.