Disasters & Incidents
Riyadh hospitals take critically injured, AFP source says
Injured people were being moved to hospitals across Riyadh on Saturday, with many in critical condition, a medical source in the Saudi capital told AFP.
The source said the health ministry was telling doctors to report to hospitals across the city to help deal with what they were told was a “serious emergency situation”.
“ER doctors are being called to hospitals across Riyadh,” the medical source told AFP.
Update
A medical source told AFP the health ministry was telling doctors to report to hospitals across Riyadh.
The source said ER doctors were being called in.
The source said injured people were being moved to hospitals across Riyadh, with many in critical condition.
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 October 2026 at 15:55:58 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
The cause of the emergency was not established in the supplied information.
The number of injured people was not given.
Source
AFP news report published on .