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Police Patrol Targeted by IED in Awamiya, 2 Security Officials Injured | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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Dammam- A police patrol was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in al-Awamiya, leaving two security officials injured and causing damages to the vehicle.

The terrorist act happened two weeks after a security armored vehicle was targeted with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG).

Security Spokesman of the Saudi Ministry of Interior Major General Mansour al-Turki has said that “further to the statement issued on May 16 on the martyrdom of a security man and the injury of five others as a result of their patrol being hit by an RPG while performing their duties in maintaining the public order in the surrounding area of al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif Governorate, a security patrol was attacked by an IED on Monday while it was carrying out its tasks near the roundabout of the Rif neighborhood in al-Awamiya in Qatif.”

The blast resulted in the injury of two security men who were taken to hospital.

“The security authorities have launched an investigation into that terrorist crime, which is still under security follow-up,” the spokesman added.

Turki told Asharq Al-Awsat that these terrorists are carrying out what they are told to do from abroad, including staying in abandoned houses in the neighborhood of al-Masoura and using them to store weapons and explosives, which constitute a very serious threat to the lives of citizens and residents.

In early November 2016, the Interior Ministry added Mahmoud Ali Abdullah to its wanted list, which includes eight other individuals wanted by Saudi security.