Prominent Iraqi cleric among seven killed in Iraq attacks
May 5th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANSBaghdad, May 5 (DPA) Seven people were killed in a string of attacks in Iraq, including a prominent Sunni cleric, and 20 wanted individuals were arrested, Iraqi security sources said Wednesday.
A policeman and a civilian were shot and killed by gunmen in the Serj Khana market in the centre of the city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, security sources said.
In an unrelated incident in Mosul’s neighbourhood of Telafr, a civilian was shot and killed by gunmen.
In Mosul’s western area of al-Baaj, Iraqi security forces arrested 20 wanted individuals and uncovered a weapons cache.
The vice-president of Iraq’s Council for Religious Scholars was killed by militants in the capital of Baghdad this morning, al-Yaqen news agency reported.
Abdelgaleel al-Fahdawi, a Sunni, was killed by a gunmen in a drive-by shooting as he was leaving his home in the district of al-Ameriya. Two of his companions and one of his family members were also killed in the attack.
Al-Fahdawi was also the preacher at the al-Ikhwa al-Saliheen mosque, which is next to his home.
The Council for Religious Scholars was established after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 with the aim of working towards a peaceful co-existence of Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
- Gunmen kill tribal leader, woman official in Iraq - Feb 16, 2011
- 25 killed, over 170 wounded in Iraq attacks - Mar 20, 2012
- Four killed in Iraq violence - Jul 19, 2011
- 43 killed, over 190 wounded in Iraq bomb attacks (Lead) - Mar 20, 2012
- Four killed in Iraq attacks - Aug 04, 2011
- Five killed, 16 injured in Iraq attacks - May 21, 2010
- 30 killed in Iraq attacks (Lead) - Sep 19, 2010
- Nearly 100 killed, 340 injured in Iraq attacks (Third Lead) - May 11, 2010
- 27 killed, 71 hurt in Iraq attacks - May 22, 2010
- 23 protesters killed in Iraq's 'Day of Rage' - Feb 26, 2011
- Six, including medic, killed in Iraq attacks - Aug 11, 2010
- Eight killed in Iraq violence - Aug 16, 2011
- Gunmen kill family of seven in northern Iraq - Mar 28, 2011
- US soldier, two civilians killed in Iraq violence - Jul 23, 2010
- 50 killed, hundreds injured in Iraq attacks (Lead) - Feb 23, 2012
Tags: gunmen, ikhwa, invasion of iraq, iraq attacks, iraqi cleric, iraqi security, mosque, neighbourhood, policeman, preacher, president of iraq, religious scholars, s council, security forces, security sources, sunni and shiite, sunni and shiite muslims, sunni cleric, us invasion of iraq, weapons cache