Affrontements à العوامية Al-Awamiya – 27 décembre 2011

3 Shiites injured by Saudi forces, 7 protesters freed

AFP

27 12 2011

RIYADH — Saudi security forces shot and injured three people when they raided three homes in the Shiite village of Al-Awamiya, activists and witnesses said, a day after authorities released seven Shiites held after protests.

Members of the security forces arrived in « dozens » of vehicles before raiding the homes in Al-Awamiya in the Sunni-dominated kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern province, witnesses said.

Residents responded by hurling stones at them, the same sources added.

Activists said that three Shiites, among them a 15-year-old, were shot and injured in the clashes.

Earlier on Tuesday, activists said that authorities had released seven Shiites detained after protests in the Eastern Province earlier this year.

The group attended a « guidance session » by a Shiite cleric before leaving prison, the activists said.

They were arrested during mass pro-democracy protests led by the Shiite majority in neighbouring Bahrain, and denouncing the intervention of Saudi troops there. Read more…