A homemade explosive device has killed a senior Saudi police officer in an eastern town where deadly violence has flared in recent weeks, AFP reported Monday (June 12th).
Maj. Tariq al-Alaqi was killed and two other policemen were wounded in the blast late Sunday in Awamiya, the interior ministry said in a statement.
They were patrolling the town's Almosara neighbourhood, where unrest has escalated in recent weeks around a redevelopment project in the old district.
Alaqi is at least the fourth person to have been killed in the violence.
The interior ministry has said criminals involved in the drug and arms trade were implicated in the unrest.
