Media Spokesman of Eastern Region Police said that "At 5:30 p.m. today and while security men were carrying out their duties in a security checkpoint at Nazareth District, which leads to the Awwamiyya town in Qatif Governorate, they came under fire from an unknown source." "As a result, a security man sustained a superficial injury and was taken to a hospital for treatment. His health is reassuring. Qatif Governorate Police investigates the crime," the police spokesman said.