Saudi police officer killed in kingdom’s Shiite east
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Authorities in Saudi Arabia say a police officer working on a traffic patrol has been shot dead in the kingdom’s predominantly Shiite east amid continued unrest in neighbouring Bahrain.
The Interior Ministry said the officer, identified as Faisal al-Harbi, was killed by unknown assailants early Friday morning in the city of Saihat. It said an investigation was ongoing.
The Sunni-ruled kingdom’s Shiite east has been tense since the January execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. In recent weeks, an intensifying crackdown by the Sunni rulers of neighbouring Bahrain has seen activists and Shiite leaders detained or forced into exile, exacerbating regional tensions.
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