Saudi Shi'ite dissident dies after clash with police
A Saudi Arabian wanted for his role in violent protests calling for more rights for the Shiite Muslim minority has died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police on Friday, local media reported on Sunday. The Sunni-ruled kingdom has been searching for a number of citizens suspected of involvement in anti-government violence in the Eastern Province, where a substantial number of the country's Shiite Muslim minority live.
Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman General Mansour Turki on Saturday said that security forces shot and wounded Bassem Ali al-Qudaihi during an exchange of fire when they tried to arrest him in the town of al-Awamiya.
