2014 al-Dalwah attack

Terrorist Attack of Saudi Arabia 2014 al-Dalwah attack File:Ash Sharqiyah in Saudi Arabia.svg Location of Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia Shia Muslims 3 November 2014 al-Dalwah, al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Mass shooting 8 (+2 attackers) 9 Guns ISIL The 2014 al-Dalwah attack occurred on 3 November 2014 at al-Dalwah village in the eastern province of al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia when three masked gunmen shot at a group of people, killing eight people and injuring nine others.Coogle Adam Dispatches: Killings of Saudi Shia a Wakeup Call 6 November 2014 https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/11/06/dispatches-killings-saudi-shia-wakeup-call Human Rights Watch 14 December 2014http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/five-killed-saudi-arabia-shooting-201411415719478695.html Five killed in Saudi Arabia shooting aljazeera.com 9 December 2014https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-shooting-idUSKBN0IO01Y20141104 Saudi forces kill suspect in attack on Shi'ites marking Ashoura Reuters 4 November 2014 9 December 2014 The attack occurred on Ashura and is thought to be targeting Shi’ite Muslims. Six people were arrested and one suspect killed. On 4 November, two police officers and two gunmen were killed in an operation after five people were shot dead and another wounded.http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/saudi-arabia-arrests-six-over-deadly-shooting-201411415637862447.html Deadly security raid in Saudi after shooting Al Jazeera and agencies aljazeera.com 9 December 2014 According to Saudi security, the leader of the gunmen had previously slipped back into the kingdom after fighting in Iraq and Syria. While the government and the official media and religious establishment strongly condemned the attack, a handful of articles in the Saudi press argued that the attack "had not come out of nowhere", that there was anti-Shi'ite incitement in the kingdom on the part of "the religious establishment, preachers, and even university lecturers – and that it was on the rise".Saudi Columnists: There Is Anti-Shi'ite Incitement In Our Country http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8330.htm 14 December 2014 December 10, 2014 Attackers On 24 November, three weeks after the attack, the Saudi Interior Ministry revealed the identity of the attackers on the Al-Dalwah Shiite shrine in Al-Ahsa: Abdullah Al-Sarhan, Khalid Anzi, Marwan Nail, and Tariq Maimoni. Saudi security authorities arrested 77 people linked to ISIS. 73 Saudis, 4 expats were arrested for suspecting in Al-Dalwah village crime http://www.moi.gov.sa/wps/portal/jobs/!ut/p/b1/jY_LDoIwFES_xS_oLW2xLAuVh1iwNqh0Y1gQg-GxMX6_oLhEvbtJzszcQRaVmDKGOWGUozOyffVortW9GfqqnbR1L1F2NCSKCebZVkKiJS7WxQFoykagHAEfYOP5WADPcw6CGpWanBDXcf_zw8IJ-OU3dY9OyL4wFuyDhCuCgRU-JEppLbLdlDMDkDtKYh2IEHRMJfPiT9EMfNvxTlh-NIuHrkadbUNukhsVq9UT0qlbvw!!/dl4/d5/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SmtFL1o2X0dOVlMzR0gzMThOSkQwSVFEMVU3VVIwNEM2/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/moi+diwan/moi+home+content/home/news/news+archive/moi_news_25-11-2014a_en 9 December 2014 December 14, 2014 Aftermath On 2 September 2020, seven militants linked to the shooting were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal Court in Riyadh, while three others were handed 25-year jail terms each.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKBN25T1WO Saudi Arabia sentences seven Islamist militants to death over killings of Shi'ites Reuters September 2, 2020 www.reuters.com Of the 12 defendants, 10 appeared in court for judgment. The court sentenced the first, second, third and fourth-degree defendant to the death penalty by crucifixion, while the others were typically judged to 25 years in prison.7 Terrorists Sentenced to Death for 2014 Dalwah Attack in Saudi Arabia https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2484631/7-terrorists-sentenced-death-2014-dalwah-attack-saudi-arabia 2021-04-19 Asharq AL-awsat en References Saudi Arabia Category:2014 mass shootings in Asia Category:2014 murders in Saudi Arabia Category:21st-century mass murders in Saudi Arabia Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia Category:History of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2014 Category:2014 mass murders Category:Mass shootings in Saudi Arabia Category:November 2014 crimes in Asia Category:Terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia in 2014