Friday’s death was the seventh in nearly a year of protests by the province’s Shiites, who say they are marginalized in majority-Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia. Without naming Shiite-dominated Iran by name, Saudi officials say foreign elements are inciting unrest in the province. Saudi Shiite human-rights activists allege Saudi forces in the province became more aggressive this week, which is the anniversary of an uprising in majority-Shiite Bahrain.
