Saudi Arabia: Missile found in Jizan valley

90mm guided missile body was swept away by torrents and transported from Yemen

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Saudi border guards keep watch along the border with Yemen in the Al Khubah area in the southern Jizan province.
Saudi border guards keep watch along the border with Yemen in the Al Khubah area in the southern Jizan province.
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Abu Dhabi: Saudi civil defence in Jizan, a port city in the southwest corner of Saudi Arabia, found a 90mm guided missile body, which was swept away by torrents and transported from Yemen to Saudi Arabia, local media reported.

Spokesman for the Jazan civil defence, Colonel Mohammad Al Ghamdi, said a tip-off was received about finding a suspected object in a valley. No injuries were reported, Al Ghamdi said.

It was not immediately known whether the missile was a live or unarmed.

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