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At slightest 2 persons, including an Indian, were killed and 3 others injured connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) erstwhile debris of missiles intercepted by the UAE’s aerial defence strategy fell connected a thoroughfare successful Abu Dhabi, section media reported.
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The 2nd idiosyncratic killed successful the incidental is simply a Pakistani national, portion the 3 injured besides see an Indian, Abu Dhabi Media Office reported. The UAE's Air Defences are responding to incoming rocket and drone threats from Iran astatine regular intervals, according to the Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates.
“Abu Dhabi authorities person responded to an incidental involving falling debris successful Sweihan street, pursuing the palmy interception of a ballistic rocket by aerial defence systems,” Abu Dhabi Media Office posted connected societal media.
“The incidental has resulted successful the deaths of 2 individuals of Pakistani and Indian nationality and successful injuries ranging from superior to mean sustained by 3 individuals of Emirati, Jordanian and Indian nationality,” it added.
The Indian Embassy successful the UAE expresses its condolences and said it is is intimately coordinating with the UAE authorities to render each imaginable enactment and assistance.
Embassy of India expresses its deepest condolences astatine the tragic demise of an Indian nationalist owed to falling debris successful Abu Dhabi today. The Embassy is intimately coordinating with the UAE authorities to render each imaginable enactment and assistance.
— India successful UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) March 26, 2026The full fig of deaths has risen to 11 aft the latest incidental successful Abu Dhabi, Gulf News reported.
The UAE aerial defence systems connected 26th March 2026 engaged 15 ballistic missiles and 11 UAVs launched from Iran, the Ministry of Defence said successful a societal media station connected Thursday (March 26, 2026).
Since the commencement of the blatant Iranian attacks, UAE aerial defences person engaged 372 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,826 UAVs, it added.
“The attacks resulted successful the martyrdom of 2 members of the equipped forces portion performing their nationalist duty, successful summation to the martyrdom of a Moroccan civilian contracted by the Armed Forces, arsenic good arsenic 8 fatalities of Pakistani, Nepali, Bangladeshi, Palestinian and Indian nationalities,” it said.
A full of 169 radical were besides injured, with injuries ranging from insignificant to mean and severe. The injured included nationals of the UAE, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Iran, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Yemen, Uganda, Eritrea, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Bahrain, the Comoros, Türkiye, Iraq, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Jordan, Palestine, Ghana, Indonesia, Sweden and Tunisia.
The Ministry of Defence said that it remains afloat prepared and acceptable to woody with immoderate threats and volition firmly face thing that aims to undermine the information of the state successful a mode that ensures the extortion of its sovereignty, information and stableness and safeguards its interests and nationalist capabilities.
