Saudi Security forces killed one protester and injured others as they opened fire on demonstrators protesting against the killing of a youth in the eastern province of Qatif.

Saudi Security forces killed one protester and injured others as they opened fire on demonstrators protesting against the killing of a youth in the eastern province of Qatif.

Ali al-Felfel was hit by a bullet in the chest Monday night and died in hospital later, medical officials said on Tuesday.
Several other people were wounded in the gunfire, which dispersed protests triggered by the suspicious death of of 19-year-old Nasser al-Mheishi near a Saudi police checkpoint in Qatif late Sunday.

Witnesses said Saudi security forces opened fire on protesters that had taken to the streets in the town of Chouika. The circumstances surrounding Mheishi's death were not clear.

Speaking to AFP, Mheishi's father said the police told him his son was killed in crossfire between unknown gunmen and police.

But a witness later said that one of the policemen at the checkpoint shot Mheishi dead, according to the father.
Activists told AFP that one other man was wounded in clashes in recent days with security forces in the Shiite town of Awamiya, also in Qatif.