Saudi Cop Gunned Down In Shiite District
Sumaira FH Published August 17, 2016 | 06:11 PM
RIYADH, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th August, 2016) - 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.
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