ABU DHABI: A Pakistani national died due to “falling debris” from missile interception in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday, the Abu Dhabi Media Office said. The development takes to four the total number of Pakistanis killed in the UAE as a result of falling debris from missile interceptions amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
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 nationalities”.
It added that the incident also resulted in “injuries ranging from serious to moderate sustained by three individuals of Emirati, Jordanian and Indian nationality”.
Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2026