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1 killed, 5 injured in Saudi rocket-propelled grenade attack

Xinhua, May 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

One Saudi soldier was killed and five policemen injured in a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack that targeted their patrol in the Eastern Province, Saudi Interior Ministry tweeted on Tuesday.

The ministry tweeted that it will chase those behind the attack and foil their plots.

Last week, a two-year-old boy and a Pakistani man died and 10 others injured in a shooting targeted a construction project in the disturbed Qatif region.

The attackers, according to the ministry, aimed to stop the project that will replace deserted homes being taken as hideout for fugitives.

Qatif is one of few disturbed Saudi areas that are populated with minority Saudi Shiite community. Some of its youth are demanding more rights in the Sunni conservative country. Endit