The Saudi coast guard opened fire on Iranian fishing boats
in the Persian Gulf, killing a fisherman, Iranian Interior Ministry’s
Director of Border Affairs Majd Aqa-Babaei said.
"Accordingly and without establishing whether
the Iranian boats had crossed Saudi borders, the coastguard of this
country opened fire on the Iranian boats and an Iranian fisherman was
killed due to a bullet hitting him in the waist," Babaei said Satursday,
as quoted by Al-Masdar News.
The official stressed that the Saudi coast guard was not authorized
to open fire on the boats, adding that such actions were not "compatible
with human principles."
Saudi Arabia has not released any statement on the issue so far.
