Hand and head wounds left one overseas Filipino worker needing stitches after a drone slammed into Kuwait International Airport, part of an attack that swept through the terminal on June 3 and left more than 60 people injured.
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed that three Filipinos were among the wounded. Two of them were treated for lighter injuries, while the third required sutures to close cuts on the hand and head.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said personnel from the Migrant Workers Office had already gone to see the injured Filipinos in person. All three have since been released from medical care, he said, and the department is now arranging their return to the Philippines.
The blast tore through airport buildings, leaving heavy structural damage at the facility. Kuwaiti authorities and state media reported that the wider drone and missile assault killed one person and wounded more than 60 others, damaging airport facilities and diplomatic missions. Kuwait’s Defence Ministry spokesperson, Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, said hostile drones had struck the passenger building.
Cacdac said his agency continues to track developments inside Kuwait closely as conditions there remain volatile.
The strike came amid an exchange of fire between Washington and Tehran. The attack on Kuwait followed US strikes on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said sanctions on Iran would be lifted only if Tehran surrendered its enriched uranium.
For its part on the airport hit, Iran rejected responsibility. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had not fired at Kuwait’s airport and placed the blame for the destruction on the United States.
