Former Saudi footballer shot dead

A former Saudi player in the national football team has been shot dead and police said they were hunting for the killer.

Nayef Al Baloushi was found dead at dawn on Monday after he was shot in the head in his neighborhood in the Eastern Saudi port of Dammam, a newspaper said.

“Police are investigating the case and said they have mounted a manhunt to arrest the killer,” the Arabic language daily Al Jazirah said without mentioning his age