Kingdom Centre: remote work since 18 October, not a new evacuation

✕ The claim

Kingdom Centre in Riyadh was evacuated after a Houthi warning that the capital is not safe.

✓ The facts

According to AFP (18–19 Oct), Kingdom Centre's management told office staff to work remotely until further notice on 18 October, without giving a reason, and the mall stayed open. Posts on 20 October presented this older news as a new evacuation linked to a Houthi warning.

What we don't know yet

The management's reason for the remote-work order. It has not been published.

Spreading in

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Languages seen in our monitoring; about 458 posts from 19 to 20 Oct, peak 167 posts in one hour

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