Gunmen shoot dead Muftis brother in Ramadi
ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Unidentified gunmen shot dead Sheikh Abdulalim al-Saadi, the imam and preacher of al-Salam Mosque in al-Ramadi city, according to an Iraqi police source on Friday.
Unknown gunmen opened fire from guns attached with silencers on Sheikh Saadi, the imam and preacher of al-Salam Mosque, in the area of al-Qattana, Ramadi, on Friday evening, killing him instantly, the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Sheikh Abdelalim is the brother of the Mufti of Iraq Sheikh Abdelmalek al-Saadi.
The police have gathered information about the vehicle of the gunmen and an operation was already launched in search of the perpetrators, he added.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-07-03 |