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Saudi Shi’ites throng funerals of slain protesters
DUBAI (Reuters) – Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims turned out for the funerals of two men killed during protests triggered by the arrest of a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing Eastern province, witnesses said on Wednesday. Mohamed al-Felfel and Akbar al-Shakhouri were shot dead on Sunday in what an Interior Ministry spokesman described as a “criminal act” after protests broke out following the arrest of Shi’ite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on sedition charges. Continue reading →
