Dubai financial hub hit by intercepted drone after Iran threatens banks

Dubai's International Finance Centre has been damaged after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone attack caused a fire in the area. 

Footage shared on social media on Friday morning showed a thick plume of smoke rising from the building in the financial centre of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. 

“Authorities confirm that debris from a successful interception caused a minor incident on the facade of a building in central Dubai,” the city’s media office said. “No injuries have been reported.”

Several banks and financial institutions in the area have told their staff not to go into the office, after Iran threatened to respond to US and Israeli strikes by targeting “banks and economic centres” in the Gulf. 

"Last night, the American and Zionist terrorist army, after failing in their military objectives, targeted one of the country's banks," a spokesperson for the Iranian military's central operational command, Khatam al-Anbiya, said on Wednesday.

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