Saudi cop gunned down in Shiite district

AFP, RIYADH: Gunmen have shot dead a Saudi policeman in the kingdom’s east where most minority Shiites live, police said on Wednesday.
The drive-by attack happened early on Tuesday in Qatif, a Shiite-dominated district on the Gulf coast.
Four masked men opened fire, wounding the officer who died on the way to hospital, provincial police said in a statement.
“The police building and a patrol car were damaged,” said the statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
It was the fourth fatal shooting of a policeman in Qatif since January.
Eastern Province is home to most of Saudi Arabia’s Shiites, who have long complained of marginalisation in the Sunni-majority kingdom.
Parts of the eastern area have seen repeated security incidents since 2011, when a wave of protests began among Shiites demanding reform.

 

Saudi cop gunned down in Shiite district

AFP, RIYADH: Gunmen have shot dead a Saudi policeman in the kingdoms east where most minority Shiites live, police said on Wednesday. The drive-by attack happened early on Tuesday in Qatif, a Shiite-dominated district on the Gulf coast. Four masked men opened fire, wounding the officer who died on the way to hospital, provincial police said in a statement. The police building and a patrol car were damaged, said the statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. It was the fourth fatal shooting of a policeman in Qatif since January. Eastern Province is home to most of Saudi Arabias Shiites, who have long complained of marginalisation in the Sunni-majority kingdom. Parts of the eastern area have seen repeated security incidents since 2011, when a wave of protests began among Shiites demanding reform.