DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, 6th June, 2018 (WAM) -- A Saudi teenager was injured by shrapnel from military projectiles fired by the Houthi militias from Yemeni territories towards the southern province of Dhahran.

In a statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Colonel Mohammed Al Assmi, Spokesman for the Directorate of Civil Defence in the Asir region, said that the civil defence teams on Tuesday night responded to a report of falling fragments of military projectiles in Dhahran, adding that a 16 year old girl was taken to hospital after sustaining injuries from the incident.