Policeman, Armed Protester Killed in Saudi Clash
A Saudi policeman and an armed protester were killed in overnight clashes in the Eastern Province, the interior ministry announced on Saturday.
"A security patrol came under heavy gunfire from four armed rioters on motorbikes" in Qatif, ministry spokesman Mansur al-Turki was quoted by official news agency SPA as saying.
Policeman Hussein Zabani was killed while another, Saad al-Shummari, was wounded and hospitalized, he said.
"Security forces hunted down the armed rioters who were on motorbikes and exchanged fire with them," he said.
"One of the four caught was wounded and he died while on the way to the hospital."
Source: Agence France Presse
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