Gunmen kill police officer in Saudi Eastern Province
DUBAI - A policeman was shot dead by masked gunmen in the Qatif district in Saudi Arabia@@@s oil-producing Eastern Province on Wednesday, state news agency SPA said, the latest in a string of attacks there this year.Four assailants opened fire on a police station before dawn, SPA reported.Qatif, which is both a city and the name of a district, is home to many Shi@@@ite Muslims, who form a minority in the conservative Sunni Muslim kingdom.Qatif was one of three Saudi cities targeted in coordinated bomb attacks on July 4. A suicide bomber struck near a Shi@@@ite mosque killing himself and two others.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM