4th Pakistani national killed in UAE due to ‘falling debris’ from missile interception

Published March 26, 2026
Migrant workers walk pushing bicycles along a street in Dubai’s Satwa district in this file photo. — AFP/File
Migrant workers walk pushing bicycles along a street in Dubai’s Satwa district in this file photo. — AFP/File

Another Pakistani national died due to “falling debris” from missile interception in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, the Abu Dhabi Media Office said.

The development takes the total number of Pakistani nationals killed in the UAE as a result of falling debris from missile interceptions amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran to four.

In a post on X earlier in the day, the media office said that an incident “involving falling debris” from the interception of a ballistic missile resulted in “deaths of two unidentified individuals, three injuries, and damage to a number of cars”. It said that the incident occurred on Sweihan Street.

In a later post, it confirmed that the incident resulted in the death of “two individuals of Pakistani and Indian nationality”.

It added that the incident also resulted in “injuries ranging from serious to moderate sustained by three individuals of Emirati, Jordanian and Indian nationality”.

“The public is advised to obtain information only from official sources and to avoid spreading rumours or unverified information,” it said.

The Pakistan Embassy in the UAE, in a post on X, expressed grief at the loss of the Pakistani national.

“In this difficult time, we stand with the bereaved family, offering our heartfelt condolences and prayers,” it said.

It added that the embassy was in “close coordination” with the local authorities to “extend all possible support and to facilitate the earliest repatriation of the deceased”.

On March 17, a Pakistani national was killed due to “falling debris” following the interception of a ballistic missile in the UAE, while on March 8, a Pakistani driver was killed when “debris from an aerial interception” fell onto a vehicle in Dubai’s Al Barsha area late.

Another Pakistani national — identified as Mureed Zaman — was killed due to falling debris in Abu Dhabi on February 28, the same day the war began, with the US and Israel launching attacks on Iran.

Separately, a fisherman from Gwadar was killed on March 8 after the debris of an Israeli projectile intercepted by Iranian air defence systems hit his boat in Iranian waters.

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