Saudi security forces 'fire on protesters'

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Saudi security forces 'fire on protesters'

Reports of one person dead and several wounded as police use live rounds to break up demonstration in Eastern Province.



Saudi Arabian security forces are reported to have opened fire on protesters near the Eastern Province city of Qatif, killing one person and wounding several others.

Ali al-Felfel died after being shot in the chest during demonstrations on Monday night, the AFP news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting medical officials.

The demonstrators had taken to the streets in the town of Shwika on Monday to protest over the death of a 19-year-old Shia man, Nasser al-Mheishi, who died of wounds sustained near a police checkpoint on Sunday night in unclear circumstances.

Protesters have accused police of killing Mheishi. A police spokesman in the Eastern Province declined to comment on the events.

"The police told us that gunmen had opened fire on the police checkpoint... and that my son was caught in the crossfire between the police and the armed men, and was struck by four bullets," Ali al-Mheishi, the man's father, told the AFP news agency.

A witness later said that one of the policemen at the checkpoint shot Mheishi dead, his father added.

According to locals, the death is the second in the past few days. Qatif residents said another young man was shot by security forces in the Shia town of Awamiya.

In October,14 people, including 11 policemen, were wounded during clashes in Awamiya between security forces and demonstrators. At the time, the interior ministry in the Sunni-ruled kingdom blamed "outlaws" for the violence.

The overwhelming majority of the estimated two million Saudi Shia live in Eastern Province, which neighbours Bahrain where authorities, supported by Saudi-led Gulf troops, earlier this year crushed a Shia-led protest.

Source: Agencies

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[PERSIAN GOD KING]

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[Quasar]

Lets see the usa and uk come out and "warn" saudi arabia.
These wahabiis animals have no respect for shiite, Iran should support the saudi shiites.

for sure they will you moron!

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

for sure they will you moron!

LOL i love it how you cant argue but you resort to use word like "moron".

 

[Arian]

PGK, I respect you but your comments are sometimes immature.
Saudis are just worsening the situation if you ask me, but it's their country and they are free to do what they want in there, it's none of our business 'cause it's an internal affair but we all know how neighboring countries' policies can affect each other

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Saudi Must reform otherwise the Pakistani Mercs or the soldiers used to squash protestors will not work forever.

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

Saudi Must reform otherwise the Pakistani Mercs or the soldiers used to squash protestors will not work forever.

YES it is improving now , saudia now is not what it used to be 10 years ago , may be the pace is quite slow but it is also good coz this society for so many reasons were kind of isolated

TARIQ