Shootings in Saudi Shi'ite area end months of relative calm


  • World
  • Sunday, 23 Jun 2013

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi police shot a man dead on Saturday night in the Shi'ite Muslim district of Qatif, authorities said, in the second shooting incident in two days in the fractious area after months of relative calm.

The deaths bring to at least 20 the number of people shot dead by police since early 2011, when Shi'ites in the Eastern Province staged protests against the involvement of Saudi forces in ending demonstrations in neighbouring Bahrain.

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