Towards the end of a peaceful march in Qatif on 9 February calling for reforms, security forces used live fire against protestors, killing Muneer al-Midani (Arabic: منير الميداني‎) by a shot to the heart and wounding 6–14 other protestors.[1][2] Security forces surrounded the central Qatif hospital and the Mushfi general hospital in order to transfer the injured to a military hospital.[45] A police spokesperson said that the security forces shot at "a group of unidentified gunmen who had shot at security forces patrolling the area". The spokesperson said that one man died from the security forces' shots, that three were wounded, and that the wounded were taken to a local hospital.[3]