
Angry mourners on Tuesday buried two of five Saudi Shiites killed in the latest attack in the kingdom claimed by the Sunni extremist Islamic State group.
All five died when a man opened fire Friday at a Shiite meeting hall during commemorations of Ashura, one of the holiest occasions for the Shiite faith, before being shot dead by police.
It is the fourth time in a year that members of the minority community in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia have gathered to mourn victims of mass bombings and shootings.
Two of Friday's victims in the Eastern Province's Qatif city were buried in the nearby Al-Ahsa region.
"Unfortunately, we are getting used to it," said Hussein al-Nemr, an organiser of a mourning ceremony for the three others in Qatif.
"There is anger, but kind of depression that there is no solution, there is no end" to the attacks, Nemr said by telephone.
Wael Fuad, another mourner, told AFP: "People are not happy. We are being targeted. We are civilian victims that have done nothing, absolutely nothing except gather because we love our imam."
In June, four Shiites died preventing a suicide bomber from entering the hall of Al-Anoud mosque in Dammam city.
Days earlier, 21 people died in another Shiite mosque bombing in Eastern Province.
Groups claiming affiliation with IS said they carried out the bombings, as well as Friday's shooting.
During Ashura last year, gunmen killed seven Shiite worshippers, including children, in the eastern town of Al-Dalwa.
Source: AFP
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