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Saudi Police, Civilians Wounded in Shootings
[AnNahar] A policeman and two civilians have been maimed in shootings in a Shiite-majority province in Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , police said Monday. Qatif, an eastern province in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, has been hit by a string of attacks over the past week, some of them deadly. Police said an off-duty officer was maimed late Sunday when gunnies opened fire on his car as he was driving by private farmland. And two civilians were admitted with gunshot wounds early Monday to a hospital in Qatif's town of Awamiya, police added. All three are in stable, pH balanced condition. Violence over the past week has gripped Qatif, where two coppers were killed in two separate bombings targeting their patrols on Tuesday and Thursday. Two more coppers were maimed in a Saturday attack. Last month, three people, including an officer, were also killed in bombings in the area. Saudi authorities have said they are treating the bombings last week as "terrorist crimes" and have blamed drug and arms traffickers for unrest in the area. Residents have accused police of opening fire on civilians and give a higher corpse count. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-11 |
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