Two Indians wounded in Saudi Shiite region shooting
Two Indians and a Saudi policeman were wounded by gunfire in the east of the kingdom as authorities hunted suspects linked to unrest by minority Shiites, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
A police traffic patrol "came under heavy fire from a farming area" in the Shiite-populated Qatif district on Monday evening, the ministry's spokesman said.
The Indians were passers-by, he said, adding that they were in stable condition in hospital.
An official at the Indian embassy did not immediately have details of the incident.
The ministry spokesman did not identify the perpetrators but warned the public not to provide assistance to people on a list of 23 wanted suspects issued in 2011 after Shiite unrest.
Over the past year, Saudi Shiites have been targeted by suicide bombings and shootings claimed by the Islamic State group, which considers them heretics.
In the latest attack, a gunman killed five Shiites in the Qatif area last month during commemorations of Ashura, one of the holiest observances of their faith.
Photo Caption : File-Saudi police in Nasif disrict, north of Riyadh. (AFP/HASSAN AMMAR)
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