Saudi citizen killed in shelling fired from Yemen

A shell fell on a house in south-west Saudi Arabia around dawn, Ali bin Omair Al Shahran, a civil defence department spokesman, said.

A Saudi citizen was killed in shelling fired across the border from Yemen into the south-west of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the official SPA news agency reported.

A shell fell on a house around dawn in Najran province, Ali bin Omair Al Shahran, a civil defence department spokesman, said.

SPA did not say who carried out the shelling, but Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh have carried out similar attacks since the conflict erupted in Yemen four months ago.

A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi from exile.

* Reuters