Riyadh: Gunmen shot dead a police officer on patrol in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern province, the second such killing of a policeman in a week.
The Saudi Press Agency quoted the Interior Ministry’s spokesman, Major General Mansour Al Turki, as saying the shooting took place in the city of Qatif.
Police are still searching for the shooters.
Last week, a policeman was shot dead in his car in Qatif. And earlier this week, a Saudi teenager wanted by police was shot dead during a security raid on a neighbourhood in the town of Al Awamiya.