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 "attribution": "The Houthis claimed responsibility. GACA did not name who was responsible.",
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   "note": "Statement by the competent authority, reported by the BBC; the basis for 'impact confirmed'. It does not say what caused the casualties.",
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   "quote": "Two people were killed and 28 wounded in an attack at Abha International Airport, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) said in a statement on Wednesday",
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   "relay": "relayed",
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   "id": "date-uncertain",
   "note": "The event date is therefore 6 or 7 October; the dossier uses the statement date.",
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   "quote": "which did not specify when each airport was hit",
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   "relay": "relayed",
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   "statement": "GACA did not say on which of the two days each airport was hit."
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   "claimant": "Yahya Saree, Houthi military spokesperson",
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   "quote": "said its armed forces had attacked both Saudi Arabia airports with ballistic missiles and drones",
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   "statement": "The Houthi military spokesperson said the group attacked both Saudi airports with ballistic missiles and drones."
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  {
   "assessment": "context",
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   "claimant": "General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA)",
   "id": "attribution-gaca",
   "note": "The only attribution is the Houthis' own claim.",
   "originId": "gaca-2026-10-07",
   "quote": "did not name who was responsible for the attacks",
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   "statement": "GACA did not name who was responsible."
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 "date": "2026-10-07",
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 "evidence": "The casualty figures come from a statement by the Saudi civil aviation authority, GACA, as reported by the BBC. 'Impact confirmed' refers to those officially reported casualties at the airport; it does not establish that drones caused them. The use of drones rests on a statement by the Houthi military spokesperson, a party to the conflict, who named ballistic missiles and drones; GACA did not describe the weapons used. Later strikes on Riyadh airport on 8 and 10 October were attributed to ballistic missiles and are not covered by this dossier.",
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 "id": "abha-airport-2026-10-07",
 "impact": "GACA reported two people killed (women of Moroccan and Algerian nationality) and 28 wounded at Abha. GACA did not specify on which of the two days the airport was hit.",
 "impactStatus": "confirmed",
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 "place": "Abha International Airport",
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 "scope": "single",
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  {
   "family": "gaca-and-houthi-statements",
   "label": "BBC News: Three people killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say (reports GACA's statement and the Houthi spokesperson's claim) (published 2026-10-08)",
   "published": "2026-10-08",
   "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwn8d5rx22rdo"
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 "summary": "Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority (GACA) said two people were killed and 28 wounded in an attack on Abha International Airport on 6 or 7 October. The Houthi military spokesperson said the group attacked the airport with ballistic missiles and drones.",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-07",
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   "text": "GACA reported two killed and 28 wounded at Abha in attacks on 6 and 7 October, without saying on which day each airport was hit; the Houthi spokesperson claimed attacks with ballistic missiles and drones."
  }
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 "title": "Abha airport attacked; Houthis say they used ballistic missiles and drones",
 "unknown": "Which weapon struck the airport, how many drones (if any) were involved, and whether any were intercepted are not established in the cited sources.",
 "updatedAt": "2026-11-05",
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