Expat hiker injures self, airlifted to hospital

Muscat: An expatriate was injured in a hiking incident when he was on top of a mountain in the Governorate of Muscat. Police aircraft transported him to Khawla Hospital for treatment.

Royal Oman Police (ROP) said: "Police aviation is carrying out a rescue operation and transporting an expat of Asian nationality to Khawla Hospital to receive the necessary treatment after he was seriously injured after falling from a mountaintop in the Al Jifnain area."