Saudi forces martyr toddler, young man in Shia-populated Qatif

Saudi regime’s forces have shot and martyred a two-and-a-half year old child and a young man in the village of Awamiyah in the eastern Shia-majority Qatif region.

According to Press TV quoting Lebanon's al-Ahed news website on Friday that the child, identified as Javad al-Dagher, was martyred on Thursday night while he was moving with his family near Awamiyah in Eastern Province.

It added that the child’s mother was also critically injured.

The report said a young man, identified as Ali Mohammad Kazim, was also shot and martyred at the hands of the Saudi forces in Awamiyah on Friday.

The news website reported that the troops fired rocket-propelled grenades at al-Seyyed Mohammad Mosque in Awamiyah's al-Masoura neighborhood, completely destroying it.

The regime forces also attacked another mosque in the district of al-Deira in the same village.

They also fired RPG rounds randomly at different neighborhoods of Awamiyah, heavily damaging electricity networks and water reservoirs of the village, which is under a siege and facing severe water shortage.

Three people were martyred and dozens of others were injured on Wednesday, when the Saudi regime forces used gunships and heavy weapons in a fresh wave of attacks on Awamiyah.

The Shia-populated Eastern Province has been the scene of peaceful demonstrations since February 2011. Protesters have been demanding reforms, freedom of expression, the release of political prisoners, and an end to economic and religious discrimination against the oil-rich region.

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