Gunmen shoot dead Mufti’s brother in Ramadi

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: 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 IraqiNews.com 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. Ramadi, the capital city of the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2