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| Saudi Arrests Man for Shooting at German Diplomats |
| 2014-12-13 |
[An Nahar] Saudi authorities have incarceratedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! a man, wanted for a number of violent crimes, including shooting at the car of German diplomats earlier this year, the interior ministry said Friday. The two Germans escaped unharmed in the January 13 incident in Awamiya village, Eastern Province. At the time, the German government said it had no reason to believe the attack was politically motivated. 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... 's interior ministry said the suspect, Salem bin Abdullah bin Hussein, was wanted for a number of crimes, including shooting, armed robbery and threatening the security of residents He was arrested in Awamiya Thursday evening after a shootout with police in which he was maimed and subsequently hospitalized. His two companions were also taken into custody. On March 23, Saudi Arabia said it had arrested two other suspects in connection with the January shooting. Awamiya, just west of Dammam city, has been a focus of festivities between security forces and protesters from Saudi Arabia's Shiite Moslem minority. Most Shiites live in the oil-rich east, and many complain of marginalization in the Sunni-dominated kingdom. Earlier this month, a court sentenced to death a man who opened fire numerous times on police in Awamiya. Activists say several death sentences have been handed down since 2011, when demonstrations began among the minority Shiites. In October, protesters marched there in opposition to death sentences handed to Shiite religious leader Nimr al-Nimr and others, an activist said. Nimr was a driving force behind demonstrations against the Sunni authorities that erupted in 2011 in the east, alongside a Shiite-led protest movement in neighboring Bahrain. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 And missing? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-13 04:35 |
| #1 "At the time, the German government said it had no reason to believe the attack was politically motivated" - true dat - the motivation was not political in our terms - but hey they knew already it was religious in theirs |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2014-12-13 01:12 |