Saudi security officer killed in Qatif eastern Saudi

YemenExtra

A Saudi special forces officer has been killed and three others injured in eastern region, where the Riyadh regime has launched a heavy-handed crackdown against civilians.

The attack occurred on Thursday morning in the oil-rich and Shia-populated Qatif region in Eastern Province, Saudi news site Sabq reported.

No further details were immediately available regarding the incident.

This came after an attack in the same region killed a soldier and wounded three others two days ago. The incident happened early on Tuesday, when the soldiers’ patrol vehicle was hit by “an explosive projectile” in al-Mosara, the old quarter of the town of Awamiyah.

On June 11, a senior Saudi policeman was killed and two members of the security forces were injured when an explosive device blew up beside their patrol vehicle in the same area, located some 390 kilometers northeast of the capital Riyadh.

Awamiyah has witnessed an increase in anti-regime protests and an ensuing crackdown as Riyadh has insisted to destroy al-Mosara, claiming the neighborhood’s narrow streets have become a hideout for militants believed to be behind attacks on security forces in the region.