Two People Killed, 68 Injured in Saudi Visa Crackdown
Two people were killed and 68 others injured in clashes between police and foreign workers following a visa crackdown in Saudi Arabia.
Police arrested 561 people Saturday in the capital of Riyadh. The arrests came after “unidentified” people barricaded themselves in narrow streets, where they threw stones at residents and vandalized shops and cars, according to a police statement.
Saudi Arabia launched a “security campaign” in the month of November to crack down on workers violating visa rules.
In the aftermath of Saturday’s clashes, a police spokesman urged workers without proper documents to surrender at a shelter in the capital until they could be deported.