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Saudi policeman shot dead in Qatif

Xinhua, August 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Saudi policeman was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Qatif, a city in the country's Eastern province, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Wednesday.

Four masked gunmen were involved in the shooting in the early hours of Tuesday, and the victim died on his way to hospital, SPA said, citing a police spokesperson.

The incident occurred days after the authorities' announcement of the arrest of a Yemeni national suspected of killing a policeman in Bisha in southwest Saudi Arabia.

The arrested Yemeni suspect confessed to being a member of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.

Qatif is one of Saudi Arabia's troubled areas where minority Shiite youths clashed with police in the past.

In 2014, Saudi Arabia announced the arrest of 135 suspected terrorists, 17 of whom for rioting, vandalism and attacking security forces in Al-Awamiya, also in Eastern province. Endit