Dubai residents take shelter as UAE intercepts suspected missile attack
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Euronews journalists reported hearing explosions from air defence intercepts above Dubai after a missile alert on Monday, as the UAE said Iran struck an ADNOC-linked tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Booms from intercepts were heard above Dubai on Monday after an air raid alert was sounded and residents took shelter for the first time since the ceasefire in the Iran war, Euronews journalists on the ground reported.
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The UAE authorities issued a mobile phone alert for a potential missile attack prior to the intercepts.
"Due to the current situation, potential missile threats, immediately seek a safe place in the closest secure building," the message read.
A message followed, stating that the situation was "now safe" and that the residents could continue normal activities while taking "necessary precautions".
Another alert warned residents to "seek a safe place" and "await further instructions" due to "potential missile threats" on Monday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the UAE authorities confirmed that the explosions heard "in different parts of the country" were a result of the successful interception of "threats".
Earlier on Monday, the UAE said that Iran had fired two drones at a tanker affiliated with its state oil company ADNOC in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning the attack.
"Targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail represents acts of piracy by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps," the foreign ministry said, adding that no one had been injured.
The UAE called the incident a "flagrant violation" of UN Security Council Resolution 2817.
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