Gunmen in a town in the Qatif district of eastern Saudi Arabia have killed a 2-year-old boy and a Pakistani man and wounded 14 others, AFP reported Saturday (May 13th).
The gunfire targeted a redevelopment site in a neighbourhood of Awamiya, the Interior Ministry said late Friday.
Workers on the project in the town's Almosara district "came under fire and their vehicles were targeted by explosives" from within the neighbourhood, the ministry said in a statement.
It did not specify when the incident took place, but said criminals engaged in the drug and arms trade tried "to jeopardise the project and protect their terrorist activities that they launch from the abandoned houses in the neighbourhood".
As police responded to the shooting, suspects "opened random and heavy gunfire at passersby and security men", killing a 2-year-old Saudi boy and a Pakistani resident.
There was also firing by police, residents said.
The ministry said 14 people were wounded in the shooting, including two Pakistanis, an Indian, a Sudanese and four policemen.
