Protests in the Qatif region continued from January to May,[1] with security forces using live fire against protestors,[2][3][4] killing four, and arresting medical personnel.[5] Security forces shot dead Issam Mohamed Abu Abdallah in al-Awamiyah on 12[6] or 13 January,[7] Montazar Sa'eed al-Abdel in al-Awamiyah on 26 January,[8] and Munir al-Midani[39][9] and Zuhair al-Said[10][11] on 9 and 10 February. In the 70,000 strong funeral for Abdallah on 16 January in al-Awamiyah and the daily Qatif region protests that followed, protestors chanted slogans against the House of Saud and Minister of Interior, Nayef, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.[12][13][14] In mid-February, two medical personnel were arrested for having clandestinely treated injured protestors.[41] In a 10 February protest and a 13 February funeral, an effigy of Nayef was thrown at tanks and participants described Nayef as a "terrorist", "criminal" and "butcher".[15] Police described two of the fatal shootings as responses to unidentified gunmen who had shot first.[46][16]