A Saudi Arabian police officer was killed Tuesday (May 16th) by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in a town in Qatif district in the kingdom's Eastern Province, AFP reported.
A member of the special police emergency forces died when "a rocket-propelled grenade launched from inside the neighbourhood" hit his patrol unit in the Almosara area of the town of Awamiya, the interior ministry said in a statement.
"Five others were injured and taken to hospital," the ministry said.
Awamiya, a town of 30,000, has been the scene of repeated security incidents.
The current unrest, which began on Wednesday last week, centres on Almosara district, which is the site of a redevelopment project.
On Friday the ministry said a 2-year-old boy and a Pakistani man died when gunmen from within Almosara opened fire on passersby, security officers and workers on the project.
