A report from the BBC claims that the government of Saudi Arabia has approved the use of lethal force against residents of land set aside for an eco-friendly city development project.
A former Saudi Arabian intelligence officer is claiming that the national government is killing individuals for refusing eviction ahead of construction of a futuristic eco-city. Colonel Rabih Alenezi, who was taken into protection by the United Kingdom last year, told the BBC that lethal force has been approved for clearing residents from land sanctioned for the Neom development project.
The region is mostly populated by the Huwaitat tribe, who have suffered mass-arrests and crackdowns for not complying with eviction orders. Multiple villages have already been torn down in pursuit of furthering the Neom project, an eco-friendly urban development program heavily funded by Western nations. ' is the centerpiece of Mohamed Bin Salman's ideas,' Alenezi reportedly told the BBC. 'That's why he was so brutal in dealing with the Huwaitat.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, D.C. for comment and has not yet received a response. The Neom project and its Line city are both part of the nation's Saudi Vision 2030 agenda. Just a little over two kilometers of The Line are expected to be completed by 2030, with further construction to continue throughout the decade.
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