Social media users have reported clashes, mortar attacks and shooting in the Umm al-Hamam village on Monday, and have even identified some of the victims.
According to local sources, Saudi forces surrounded the village for about 15 hours. They stormed a number of rural houses, claiming they were searching for a number of wanted people.
? السعودية تقصف بلدة أم الحمام في القطيف بشكل عشوائي وارتقاء 5 شهداء على الأقل. #مجزرة_أم_الحمام pic.twitter.com/oVT3K0L2jD
— قناة أحرار (@QanatAhrar) January 8, 2019
Qatif, situated in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, has been the scene of anti-regime protests since 2011, with demonstrators demanding free speech, the release of political prisoners, and an end to economic and religious discrimination.
#مجزرة_أم_الحمام pic.twitter.com/RZFO86YL36
— ليلى محمد (@LaylaSulayman) January 8, 2019
Riyadh has suppressed pro-democracy rallies, but they have intensified since January 2016 when the Saudi government executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
In 2017, Awamiyah, another Qatif town, witnessed a deadly military crackdown on protests that were being held against the regime’s attempt to raze the historical Musawara neighborhood.
Saudi rulers claimed the district’s narrow streets served as a hideout for armed men who were behind the attacks on Saudi forces in Eastern Province.
Riyadh then deployed military forces with heavy weapons to the town, while bulldozers escorted by heavily armored military vehicles demolished several houses, businesses and historical sites across the region.
Dozens of civilians were killed during the weeks-long military crackdown. Some 30,000 people also fled the town.
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