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Saudi Shi’ites throng funerals of slain protesters

Posted on July 11, 2012 by admin

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 →

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Saudi Arabia says two killed after cleric’s arrest

Posted on July 9, 2012 by admin

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Monday two men had been killed following Sunday's arrest of a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric that stirred some limited protests in the oil-producing east of the country. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the deaths followed a protest in the village of Awamiya over the arrest on sedition accusations of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. According to Saudi authorities Nimr was shot in the leg after police came under fire on trying to stop his car Continue reading →

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