Coalition shoots down Houthi drone, five civilians injured

JEDDAH, March 18 (KUNA) -- The Saudi-led coalition to support the legitimate Yemeni government announced Monday shooting down a Houthi militia drone over the Saudi city of Abha. The Saudi Air Defense Forces have intercepted and destroyed the drone, but the scattered shrapnel wounded five civilians, four Saudis including a woman and one Indian expatriate, the coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Al-Malki said in a press conference today. (end) nsa.mmj.ibi