Saudi forces were allegedly told they can kill individuals resisting eviction to make way for the construction of a NEOM-linked futuristic city, an ex-Saudi intelligence officer has revealed. Colonel Rabih Alenezi told the BBC that one villager was shot and killed for protesting being forcibly removed from his home, to make way for The Line, a linear smart city currently under construction. Colonel Rabih Alenezi said the village where residents were ordered to evict was al-Khuraybah, 4,5 kilometres south of The Line and home to the al-Howeitat tribe, who have resided in the region for centurie…