Saudi Security Forces Hurt by Gunmen in Oil-Rich Province

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Four Saudi security personnel were injured in an attack by masked gunmen while on patrol in Saihat in the oil-rich Eastern Province, the Saudi Press Agency reported, citing an Interior Ministry spokesman.

Gunmen also fired at a police station in Awwamiya and threw a Molotov cocktail while riding motorcycles, the Riyadh-based news service said today, citing Major General Mansour al-Turki. One of the assailants was killed in the attack on the station and three others escaped, it said.