Terror attack on Shi'ite leader
24/08/2003 16:15  - (SA)  

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Baghdad - Terrorists detonated a bomb outside the house of one of the most important Muslim Shi'ite clerics in Iraq on Sunday, killing three guards and injuring 10 others including family members.

The bomb, a gas cylinder wired to explode, was placed along the outside wall of the home of Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim who suffered scratches on his neck

The bomb exploded after noon prayers in the holy city of Najaf.

Iraqi newspapers had reported last week that al-Hakim had received threats against his life.

He had also been among a group of three top Shi'ite leaders that were threatened with death by a rival Shi'ite cleric shortly after Saddam Hussein was toppled on April 9.

A day later, a mob in Najaf hacked to death a Shi'ite cleric who had recently returned from exile and called for reconciliation.

Abdul Majid al-Khoei was killed when a meeting called to reconcile rival groups in Najaf turned into a melee at the Shrine of Ali, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites.

Shi'ites make up some 60% of Iraq's 24m population.

- AP

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