BREAKING NEWS

Man shot dead in eastern Saudi Arabia

By REUTERS

JANUARY 4, 2016 07:14

DUBAI - A Saudi Arabian man was shot dead in the kingdom's Eastern Province late on Sunday when security officers came under fire from an unidentified source, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

Citing a police spokesman, SPA said an eight-year-old child, Mohammed Jafar al-Thifa, was taken to hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound in the incident in Awamiya town. It did not elaborate but identified the dead man as Ali Imran al-Dawood.

SPA said authorities were hunting what it called the perpetrators of a "terrorist" act. The security officers were seeking to recover stolen heavy equipment at the time of the shooting, SPA reported.

Awamiya, in the oil-producing province's Qatif district, is the home town of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed on Saturday, along with three other Shi'ites and 43 members of al-Qaida, on charges of terrorism.

Qatif has been the focal point of unrest among Saudi Arabia's Shi'ites since protests in early 2011 calling for an end to discrimination against the minority sect and for democratic reforms in the Sunni monarchy.

Residents of Qatif have staged angry protests since al-Nimr's execution, denouncing the ruling Al Saud dynasty.

Discussions on a ceasefire in Lebanon have made significant progress

By REUTERS

11/25/2024 09:22 PM

High Court approves three more months of haredi daycare subsidy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

11/25/2024 09:09 PM

US prosecutor asks judge to dismiss 2020 election subversion case

By REUTERS

11/25/2024 08:55 PM

Israeli strikes cause damage to bridges in Syria's Homs province

By REUTERS