Saudi forces open fire on people in Shia region, injure 3: TV

Two Saudi policemen killed in eastern Qatif region

At least two policemen have been killed in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province after their vehicle came under fire, the Interior Ministry says.

Gunmen opened fire on a security patrol near a farm in the Saihat area of Qatif early on Wednesday, a ministry spokesman said, adding that the suspects were not immediately identified.

At least four Saudi security forces have been killed and eight others injured in similar incidents in the Qatif region so far this year.

In July, a Saudi policeman was killed and two others injured in an attack in the al-Jesh village of Qatif.

Qatif is a Shia-dominated region in the kingdom’s east that has been the scene of demonstrations following the arrest of the prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr. Sheikh Nimr was sentenced to death in October 2014. Last month, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence and the execution warrant was sent to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to be approved and then carried out. The decree has drawn international condemnation.
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