On 10 February, the Friday Prayers leader in al-Awamiyah called for the Saudi monarchy to be abolished.[1] A march for Mawlid took place in which participants called for reform and for the release of prisoners.[80] A protestor threw an effigy of Minister of Interior Nayef at a "row of armoured anti-riot tanks".[2] Security forces shot dead Zuhair al-Said[3] (or Zaheer Abdullah Saeed,[80] Arabic: زهير السعيد‎[4]). A police spokesperson stated, "While security men were following up on an illegal gathering in the town of al-Awamiya in Qatif on Friday [10 February] they were attacked by gunfire. They dealt with the situation by firing back, which resulted with the death of one."[46]