Hundreds of people were reportedly arrested in Riyadh after unrest. (Picture courtesy of Sabq.com)
Two people were killed and 68 others injured in clashes between police and foreign workers following a visa crackdown in Saudi Arabia, the official news agency reported.
Police arrested 561 people Saturday in the capital of Riyadh, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
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 posted on the news agency's website.
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.
Most of the workers
impacted by recent police raids are African migrants. Reports circulated
last week of the death of an Ethiopian man, prompting the Ethiopian
Foreign Ministry to issue a statement that it "condemned the killing of
an Ethiopian and mistreatment of its citizens residing in Saudi Arabia."
Saudi Arabia launched a "security campaign" this month to crack down on workers violating visa rules.
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