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JEDDAH: The King Khalid International Airport attack has left 12 people dead and 309 injured, some critically, according to Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Authority of Civil Aviation. The fatalities include four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, and victims from the US, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan.<\/p>\n
As families and friends mourned their loved ones, tributes, funeral announcements, and prayers for the injured were shared on X.<\/p>\n
Taqwa Radwan<\/strong><\/p>\n A relative identified one of the Saudi victims as Taqwa Radwan in a post on X.<\/p>\n \u201cWith hearts accepting God\u2019s will, we mourn the death of my cousin, Taqwa Radwan, who died yesterday following the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport,\u201d the relative wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cWe ask God to accept her among the martyrs, forgive her, have mercy on her, grant her a place in paradise and make her grave a garden of paradise.<\/p>\n \u201cTo God we belong and to Him we shall return.\u201d<\/p>\n Lamis Saad Al-Tihani<\/strong><\/p>\n Abdullah Ahmed Asiri identified another Saudi victim as Lamis Saad Al-Tihani, the daughter of his niece, in a post on X.<\/p>\n He said Al-Tihani had died following the attack on King Khalid International Airport, while her mother, Iman Al-Tihani, sustained shrapnel wounds and was receiving treatment in a Riyadh hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cTo God we belong and to Him we shall return. My niece\u2019s daughter passed away following yesterday\u2019s brutal attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was in her final year at university. Her mother sustained shrapnel injuries and wounds and is now being treated in a Riyadh hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cI ask God to have mercy on Lamis Saad Al-Tihani and grant her mother, Iman Al-Tihani, a speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n Munira Al-Anazi<\/strong><\/p>\n A friend, identified as Ghada, announced funeral arrangements for Munira Al-Anazi in a post on X.<\/p>\n \u201cThe funeral prayer for my dear friend Munira, may God have mercy on her, will be held today after Asr prayers at Al-Rajhi Mosque in Riyadh,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Maryam Ibrahim Sulaiman Al-Namlah<\/strong><\/p>\n Sulaiman Al-Namlah mourned the death of his aunt, Maryam Ibrahim Sulaiman Al-Namlah, in a post on X.<\/p>\n \u201cMy dear aunt, Maryam Ibrahim Sulaiman Al-Namlah, has passed away following the brutal and cowardly terrorist attack on King Khalid International Airport,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cMay God forgive her, have mercy on her, accept her among the martyrs, grant her a place in paradise and comfort our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n He said her funeral prayers would be held on Monday after Asr prayers at Al-Rajhi Mosque.<\/p>\n Azza Ramzi<\/strong><\/p>\n Egyptian flight attendant Azza Ramzi, 28, was killed while on duty at King Khalid International Airport, according to Al Arabiya.<\/p>\n The broadcaster reported that Ramzi, who worked for Saudi carrier Flynas, died from severe injuries sustained in the attack.<\/p>\n Her death prompted an outpouring of grief in her hometown of Mahmoudiya in Egypt\u2019s Beheira Governorate, where relatives, friends and residents shared tributes and condolences on social media.<\/p>\n Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty also paid tribute in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with profound sadness that I mourn Azza Ramzi, who died in the attacks on Riyadh airport,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the president\u2019s direction, I am following up on the condition of the five injured people to ensure they receive the necessary care. I reaffirm Egypt\u2019s full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its condemnation of these attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n Al Hadath anchor Doha Al-Zohairy recalled meeting Ramzi on a flight between Riyadh and Cairo.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I heard that an Egyptian flight attendant had died, I immediately contacted two Egyptian flight attendants I had met on one of my frequent journeys between Riyadh and Cairo,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were returning from a holiday in Cairo. We sat next to one another and had such a pleasant conversation that we created a WhatsApp group to stay in touch and check on each other.<\/p>\n \u201cI never imagined that I would discover today that one of them was the woman who died yesterday. I looked at the WhatsApp photograph and can hardly believe the news.<\/p>\n \u201cMay God have mercy on you, Azza, forgive you and grant patience to your sister Mona, your family and your loved ones. To God we belong and to Him we shall return.\u201d<\/p>\n American victim<\/strong><\/p>\n The American victim has not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that a US citizen was among those killed in the attack on King Khalid International Airport.<\/p>\n He wrote: \u201cThe United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis, including today\u2019s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that took numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen.<\/p>\n \u201cThese reprehensible attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life. They must stop now. We stand with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people and extend our condolences to the victims and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n