The shooting of a Saudi tribal activist protesting his eviction as part of the construction of Neom... has increased local tensions over the project...

authorities acknowledged security forces had shot Abdul-Rahim al-Howeiti dead... [they] also said that Howeiti had refused to surrender to security forces and had opened fire...

According to social media posts and videos posted by Howeiti, the activist refused to leave his home, an area said to have been occupied by the Howeitat tribe for hundreds of years, when the incident took place...

Howeiti recorded footage from his roof, showing dozens of Saudi security forces, saying that “whoever refuses expulsion or signing, this is what they do to him”.