At least five Shiites were martyred and four people also sustained injuries in the armed attack on the religious center in the city of Saihat near the Qatif region of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Friday night.
“A person who opened fire on a husseiniya was killed, and the attacker was in his twenties,” al-Ekhbariya TV quoted sources as saying,
Witnesses said the attacker was trying to approach the Shia gathering, but he was stopped by security guards at a checkpoint. A gun fight then broke out between the two sides.
According to reports, the attacker was killed by Saudi forces, while those injured were transferred to hospital.
