Hezbollah gunfire / clash attack on Al-Awamiyah · 8 January 2016
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- Date
- 8 January 2016 · 28 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437 AH
- Place
- Al-Awamiyah
- Attacker
- Hezbollah
- Weapons
- Gunfire / clash
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- No casualties reported
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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Sources (2 reports in all)
- A citizen was kidnapped under threat of arms by terrorist elements of armed rioters in the town of Al-Awamiyahتعرض مواطن للاختطاف تحت تهديد السلاح من قبل عناصر إرهابية من مثيري الشغب المسلحين ببلدة العوامية (machine translation)
“A citizen was kidnapped under threat of arms by terrorist elements of armed rioters in the town of Al-Awamiyah”
- A terrorist attack targeting a bus transporting Aramco employees in Qatifاعتداء إرهابي يستهدف حافلة لنقل موظفي «أرامكو» في القطيف (machine translation)
“A bus belonging to the Saudi Aramco company was subjected last evening to a terrorist attack carried out by four rioters last evening, but the incident did not result in any injuries. Colonel Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti, the media spokesman for the Eastern Region police, explained that when…”