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Two dead following attack on Saudi checkpoint
Two dead following attack on Saudi checkpoint
An attack on a Saudi checkpoint has seen two militants shot dead and two arrested.
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Qatif has been targeted by Saudi forces and militants [Getty-file photo]
Two men have been shot dead and two arrested following an attack on a Saudi border checkpoint, Riyadh said on Sunday.
State media claimed that the men attempted to bomb the checkpoint in Abu Hadriyah - in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and connected to Bahrain and Kuwait - to escape the country on Sunday.
Two of the men were killed in the attack as they "threw bombs" at the soldiers, while two more were arrested, Al-Arabiya claimed, while two Saudi servicemen were injured.
Riyadh claimed three of the men were on a "most wanted" list and from Qatif, in a Shia-majority area which has witnessed frequent militant attacks on troops and police in the eastern region.
Saudi forces executed a leading Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr in 2016, sparking outrage in the Eastern Province and Iran.
A siege on Shia-majority al-Amawiyah a year later also saw huge destruction to the eastern Saudi town.
Saudi Arabia's Shia minority accuses the government of severe repression against their religious and human rights.
State media claimed that the men attempted to bomb the checkpoint in Abu Hadriyah - in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and connected to Bahrain and Kuwait - to escape the country on Sunday.
Two of the men were killed in the attack as they "threw bombs" at the soldiers, while two more were arrested, Al-Arabiya claimed, while two Saudi servicemen were injured.
Riyadh claimed three of the men were on a "most wanted" list and from Qatif, in a Shia-majority area which has witnessed frequent militant attacks on troops and police in the eastern region.
Saudi forces executed a leading Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr in 2016, sparking outrage in the Eastern Province and Iran.
A siege on Shia-majority al-Amawiyah a year later also saw huge destruction to the eastern Saudi town.
Saudi Arabia's Shia minority accuses the government of severe repression against their religious and human rights.
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