Saudi Arabian security forces kill youth

T-Mag Sunday 12/March/2017 18:57 PM
By: Times News Service
Saudi Arabian security forces kill youth

Dubai: A wanted person has been fatally wounded during an operation by Saudi security forces in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said on Sunday, in the second incident of its kind since Friday.
Residents said that a 16-year-old youth died in the raid on Saturday morning targeting wanted people in Awamiya, a restive town in the Qatif district.
The interior ministry said security forces came under fire while pursuing wanted men who had been hiding in houses vacated by inhabitants to pave the way for a development project intended to revamp the area.
"Security men came under heavy gunfire at the Musawara neighbourhood from an unknown source, which required an appropriate response," the statement, carried by state news agency SPA said.
"As a result, Walid Talal Ali Al Arayedh, who is wanted by security authorities, was wounded and taken to a hospital where he later died."
Residents reached by telephone said Arayedh was a bystander in the area when he was fatally shot and taken to a hospital by his family, where he died. They said at least seven other people were wounded in the raid, while wanted men managed to escape.
Activists posted video and audio recordings of heavy automatic fire and images of vehicles riddled with bullets from the raid, which they said lasted for about three hours. The authenticity of the recordings could not immediately be verified.
On Friday, SPA reported that security forces killed Mustafa Ali Abdullah Al Madad, who was wanted by security forces for "a number of terror crimes against the citizens and security personnel" in Qatif governorate.