Two Saudi police shot dead in Dammam

Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the city of Dammam late on Saturday, the interior ministry said, describing it as a "terrorist attack".

The two officers were patrolling in a police car when they came under fire at around 11:30 pm (2030 GMT), a ministry spokesman told the official Saudi Press Agency.They were both pronounced dead on arrival in hospital.The spokesman did not specify who it held responsible for the shooting but there have been previous attacks on police in mainly Shia areas of the kingdom this year.In January four police were killed in attacks.