Hezbollah gunfire / clash attack on Al-Awamiyah · 6 April 2015
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- Date
- 6 April 2015 · 17 Jumada al-Akhirah 1436 AH
- Place
- Al-Awamiyah
- Attacker
- Hezbollah
- Weapons
- Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 2 injured
- Victims
- Saudi: 1 injured; Nationality not stated: 1 injured
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (4 reports in all)
- Security men come under heavy gunfire while inspecting the hideouts of terrorist elements in the town of Al-Awamiyah. They respond in kind.رجال الأمن يتعرضون لإطلاق نار كثيف أثناء تفتيش أوكار العناصر الإرهابية ببلدة العوامية . ويردون عليها بالمثل . (machine translation)
“Security men come under heavy gunfire while inspecting the hideouts of terrorist elements in the town of Al-Awamiyah. They respond in kind.”
- A citizen and a resident injured as a result of an exchange of gunfire between security men and terrorist elements in the town of Al-Awamiyah, and their health condition is stable.إصابة مواطن ومقيم نتيجة تبادل إطلاق النار بين رجال الأمن وعناصر إرهابية، ببلدة العوامية، وحالتهم الصحية مستقرة . (machine translation)
“A citizen and a resident injured as a result of an exchange of gunfire between security men and terrorist elements in the town of Al-Awamiyah, and their health condition is stable.”
- Two Saudi policemen killed in an attack in Riyadhمقتل شرطيين سعوديين في هجوم بالرياض (machine translation)
“The Saudi security authorities announced the killing of two policemen by gunfire when their patrol was subjected to gunfire from an unknown car in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, east of the capital Riyadh. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted the official spokesman for the police…”