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Saudi police shoot dead Bahraini suspect in restive town
2016-02-24
Why shoot a dead suspect? I'm so confused.
[GLOBALPOST] Security forces 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...
rubbed out a wanted Bahraini "terrorist" who fired at them on Tuesday in the home town of a prominent executed Shiite holy man, the interior ministry said.

It identified the dead suspect as Ali Mahmoud Ali Abdullah and said an operation to arrest him took place in Awamiya town at 4:00 pm (1300 GMT).

Gunfire was still sounding in the Gulf coast community Tuesday evening, a witness told AFP. He reported black smoke hanging over the town from tires burned in the streets by residents.

The interior ministry front man said that when officers raided a farm in Awamiya the suspect "opened fire and the situation was responded to, resulting in his death. In his possession was an automatic weapon and pistol."

In an unusual move, the interior ministry released a photo of Abdullah wearing a baseball cap sideways on his head.

"Available evidence showed he participated in committing a number of terrorist crimes, destabilising security and public order in Qatif," the front man said, referring to the surrounding Shiite-dominated region.

The witness reported seeing the body of a second individual lying in the street.

"People said an armoured vehicle hit him," the witness said.

The town of about 30,000 has been the scene of repeated incidents since 2011.

Posted by:Fred

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