DUBAI: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will provide employment opportunities to family members of the two Indian employees who were killed by the Houthi’s attack in the company’s facility in Mussafah area. 

State news agency WAM reported, citing Sunjay Sudhir, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, who spoke on Tuesday in a media briefing held at the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi. 

“India is deeply grateful for the concern and support received from the UAE leadership and ADNOC to the families of the two Indians killed and [other] two Indians injured in the incident,” said Sudhir. 

Sudhir said ADNOC would offer education funding to the victims’ children so they can choose their preferred career paths.

He added during his press briefing that ADNOC had covered all repatriation and travel costs for family members who transported the remains of the deceased, Hardev Singh and Hardeep Singh.

The national oil company also accelerated the distribution of service benefits and salary compensation to the families of the victims. 

The Houthi militia’s attack on Jan. 17 in Abu Dhabi killed three people and injured six others. 
 
Two Indian civilians and one Pakistani civilian were killed, and six other civilians were injured in the Houthi terrorist attack on Jan. 17 in Abu Dhabi.

The media briefing comes after Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology in the UAE, extended his condolences to the victims’ families and “assured them that the UAE would continue to offer its full support,” in a tweet by ADNOC. 

Al Jaber also visited those who were injured in the attacks in order to wish them a speedy recovery.