At least four Bangladeshi nationals are among those were injured in a drone attack on the Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait.
The injured Bangladeshis were admitted to Farwaniya Hospital, while the embassy is closely monitoring their condition, said an emergency statement signed by Mohammad Moniruzzaman, counsellor (Political) and head of chancery.
One person was killed and several other foreign nationals were also injured in the incident, the statement added.
The embassy advised Bangladeshi expatriates in Kuwait not to photograph or record videos of the scene, particularly of rocket or drone attacks and interceptions, warning that such activities are punishable under Kuwaiti law.
It also noted a shortage of stored blood at Kuwait’s Central Blood Bank and urged eligible Bangladeshi expatriates to donate blood on an emergency basis.
Expatriates were also requested to encourage others to donate blood to help meet the urgent demand.
Earlier, Kuwait suspended commercial flights on Wednesday after a drone attack attributed to Iran struck its international airport.
The incident came hours after renewed missile exchanges between Iran and US forces in the region, further escalating already high tensions in the Gulf.
Kuwait’s Defence Ministry Spokesperson Brig Gen Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said “a number of hostile drones” targeted Kuwait International Airport, causing significant damage to the passenger building and injuring several people.
The airport had only recently resumed operations on June 1 after an earlier shutdown linked to regional conflict.
Late Tuesday, the US military said it carried out strikes on an Iranian military facility in retaliation for missile that it said originated from Iran and targeted Kuwait and Bahrain. According to the US, two Iranian missiles aimed at Kuwait disintegrated mid-air, while others targeting Bahrain were intercepted.
US Central Command also said it shot down multiple drones directed at American forces stationed in Kuwait.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, however, said it had launched strikes targeting the headquarters of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain and another location, though it did not name Kuwait. It said the attacks were in response to earlier US military action against an Iranian oil tanker.
“We had previously warned that any aggression would be met with a stronger response,” it said in a statement.