Hezbollah projectile attack on Qatif · 16 May 2017
General / Security spokesman: A security patrol in Al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif was hit by an "RPG" projectile; a soldier from the Special Emergency Forces was martyred and five security men were injured
عام / المتحدث الأمني : تعرض دورية أمن بحي المسورة بالقطيف لقذيفة "آر بي جي" واستشهاد جندي من قوات الطوارئ الخاصة وإصابة خمسة من رجال الأمن (machine translation)
- Date
- 16 May 2017 · 20 Sha'ban 1438 AH
- Place
- Qatif
- Attacker
- Hezbollah
- Weapons
- Projectile
- Outcome
- Struck target
- Killed / injured
- 1 killed · 5 injured
- Victims
- Saudi: 1 killed · 5 injured
- Confirmation
- Officially confirmed
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- General / Security spokesman: A security patrol in Al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif was hit by an "RPG" projectile; a soldier from the Special Emergency Forces was martyred and five security men were injuredعام / المتحدث الأمني : تعرض دورية أمن بحي المسورة بالقطيف لقذيفة "آر بي جي" واستشهاد جندي من قوات الطوارئ الخاصة وإصابة خمسة من رجال الأمن (machine translation)
“Riyadh, 20 Sha'ban 1438 AH, corresponding to 16 May 2017, SPA: The Security Spokesman of the Interior Ministry stated that, further to the statement announced on 16/8/1438 AH regarding the exposure of workers of the company executing one of the development projects, which is supervised by the Municipality of the Region…”
- General / Security spokesman for the Ministry of Interior: A security patrol was exposed to the explosion of an explosive device and two security men were injured // for the press //عام / المتحدث الأمني لوزارة الداخلية : تعرض دورية أمن لانفجار عبوة ناسفة وإصابة رجلي أمن// للصحف // (machine translation)
“Jeddah 03 Ramadan 1438 AH corresponding to 29 May 2017 AD SPA The security spokesman for the Ministry of Interior stated that, further to the statement announced on 20 / 8 / 1438 AH regarding the martyrdom of a security man and the injury of five others as a result of their patrol being exposed to a missile projectile of the "R B…”
- Soldier killed, 5 hurt in RPG attack on security in Qatif
“JEDDAH: The Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that a Special Forces soldier was killed as a security patrol came under attack by an RPG rocket fired by terrorists in Al-Masoura district in Qatif province. Five…”
- Interior Ministry announces the martyrdom of one of the security personnel as a result of a terrorist act in Al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif governorate Saudi Channelوزارة الداخلية تعلن استشهاد احد افراد الأمن نتيجة عمل ارهابي في حي المسورة بمحافضة القطيف #القناة_السعودية (machine translation)
“Interior Ministry announces the martyrdom of one of the security personnel as a result of a terrorist act in Al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif Governorate Saudi Channel https://t.co/7uE8KaGBia”
- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives a cable from the Emir of Kuwait denouncing the terrorist incident in Qatifخادم الحرمين يتلقى برقية من أمير الكويت تستنكر الحادثة الإرهابية في القطيف (machine translation)
“The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, received a cable from Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, in which he expressed Kuwait's denunciation and strong condemnation of the incident in which a security patrol was targeted by a missile fired by terrorist elements in…”
- "Islamic Cooperation" condemns the two terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan«التعاون الإسلامي» تدين الحادثتين الإرهابيتين في السعودية وأفغانستان (machine translation)
“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed its condemnation and denunciation of what a security patrol was subjected to while performing its duties in the vicinity of Al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif Governorate in eastern Saudi Arabia last Tuesday, when terrorist elements from inside the neighborhood fired a missile from…”
- A soldier killed by a missile projectile in Qatif, Saudi Arabiaمقتل جندي بقذيفة صاروخية بالقطيف السعودية (machine translation)
“The Ministry explained that an RPG-type missile targeted a patrol of the Emergency Security Forces in Al-Masoura neighborhood in Qatif, resulting in the killing of soldier Walid Ghathyan Dawi Al-Shaibani and the injury of five others of his comrades. The Ministry said in a statement that the authorities…”