Riyadh: Saudi security forces have killed four militants in an operation against terrorist in the country’s east village Al-Awmiya on Saturday.

International media reported that Saudi security forces have killed four militant in their raid on Al-Awmiya village in eastern province which is residence of large Shia population of the state.

According to Saudi interior ministry officials the operation has been made to arrest the extremists over intelligence that militants are present in that region, where exchange of gunfire killed four of terrorists while no injury or killing of security forces were reported.

Saudi authorities revealed that killed terrorists have linked with the killing of soldier, who has been died due to fire near Al-Awmiya last week while his associate soldier left safe.

Saudi Sunni official denied the racism, responded the Shia community, who lives in eastern province of the state, has accused that this was alleged discrimination.