Further to the statement published on 16/8/1438H, the Security Spokesperson stated that a security patrol was under RPG attack by terrorist elements inside Al-Masoura district in Qatif province after midnight on Tuesday 20/8/1438H, resulting in the martyrdom of First Class Private/ Waleed Gothian Dawi Al-Shibani, an associate of the private emergency forces, and the injury of five others, who were immediately rushed to hospital. The incident is under follow-up of the security authorities, he said. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Interior Ministry stressed that the terrorist elements using of such projectiles or other explosive devices and landmines to impede the development projects in Al-Masoura districtm, attack the laborers and the security men at or in the vicinity of the site are unequivocal indications of their criminality, and thier doing so under instrutions from abroad to carry out such terrorist plans. The ministry stressed that the terrorists do not hesitate to reach their goals without taking care to the lives of innocent citizens and expatriates in the district, confirming that these terrorist elements use abandoned houses in the district as shelters for their criminal activities and storage points for their weapons and explosives.
