利雅得机场周日再遭袭击：抛射物击中4号航站楼起火，周六袭击死亡升至13人
沙特首都利雅得的哈立德国王国际机场周日再遭袭击，距离胡塞武装发动的导弹袭击造成13人死亡、300多人受伤仅过去不到一天——那是十年来针对海湾国家最致命的一次袭击。沙特主导的多国联军表示，一枚不明抛射物击中4号航站楼并引发火灾，防空系统同时在机场附近拦截了一枚巡航导弹。
联军发言人图尔基·马利基少将（Turki al-Malki）周日证实，抛射物击中客运航站楼引发火灾，相关部门正在处置。沙特民航总局确认周日的袭击造成人员受伤，但未公布具体数字。机场自周六起关闭；一名航空业高管向法新社透露，运营商在黎明时被告知航班继续停飞，雷达与通信设备受损、跑道需要检查。阿提哈德航空与阿联酋航空已取消利雅得航班，汉莎集团停飞至10月16日。
周六袭击的死亡人数已升至13人——一名印度籍伤者伤重不治，这是沙特十年来最致命的袭击；300多人受伤，包括一名美国人。周四已有3名沙特人在针对同一机场一架客机的袭击中丧生。胡塞武装声称对最新这起定点袭击负责，并再次警告航空公司、机组、机场工作人员和旅客避开沙特机场与空域，称其易受攻击、已成为我军作战区域，麦加与麦地那机场除外。美国驻沙特大使馆强烈建议美国公民避开利雅得机场及周边，并要求雇员使用利雅得、吉达、达曼机场须经特别批准。
（资料来源：CNN、《泰晤士报》、法新社、路透社，10月11日）
Riyadh Airport Hit Again Sunday: Projectile Strikes Terminal 4, Fire Breaks Out as Death Toll From Saturday Reaches 13
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport was struck again on Sunday, less than a day after a missile attack blamed on Yemen's Houthi movement killed 13 people and injured more than 300 in the deadliest strike on a Gulf country in a decade. The Saudi-led coalition said an unidentified projectile hit Terminal 4 and started a fire, while air defenses intercepted a cruise missile nearby.
Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said the projectile struck the passenger terminal on Sunday and that competent authorities were addressing the fire. Saudi aviation authorities confirmed Sunday's attack resulted in injuries without giving a number. The airport has been closed since Saturday; a senior aviation source told AFP that operators were told at dawn flights remain suspended, with radar and communications equipment damaged and runways needing inspection. Etihad and Emirates have cancelled Riyadh flights, and Lufthansa Group suspended them through Oct. 16.
Saturday's toll rose to 13 after an Indian national died of injuries, the deadliest attack on Saudi Arabia in ten years; more than 300 were wounded, including one American. On Thursday, three Saudis were killed when an attack targeted a passenger plane at the same airport. The Houthis claimed the latest targeted attack and renewed their warning to airlines, experts, employees and travelers to avoid Saudi airports and airspace, calling them vulnerable to attack and a theatre of operations for their forces, with the exception of the airports in Mecca and Medina. The U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia strongly recommended American citizens avoid the Riyadh airport and said staff would need special authorization to use airports in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.
(Sources: CNN, The Times, AFP, Reuters, Oct. 11)
图片来源：美国空军资料图，公有领域（Wikimedia Commons）
