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India voices concern over attempted drone attack on Mecca
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India has expressed concern following a reported Houthi drone attack targeting Mecca that was successfully intercepted in mid-September. Authorities noted this incident follows a previous missile launch toward the holy site in July 2017.
WHY IT MATTERS
The condemnation highlights growing international apprehension regarding militant strikes directed at sacred religious sites in the region.
The drone, intercepted on September 15 was the second Houthi attempt to target Mecca after a ballistic missile launch in July 2017, spokesperson Turki al-Malki said in a statement
This story was originally reported by The Hindu — National. As an automated real-time news aggregator, NewsToolBar provides multi-perspective indexing and AI summarization while directing full readership directly to primary publisher sources.
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