Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The brother of executed Shiite cleric, Sheikh Nimr, says Saudi authorities have told the family that they had already buried his body, but didn't tell them at which cemetery.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was among 47 prisoners executed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday in a move that threatened to further damage Sunni-Shiite relations in the region.
The sheikh's brother, Mohammed al-Nimr, says the family had hoped to bury him in his hometown in eastern Saudi Arabia. His funeral would have attracted thousands of supporters as well as large numbers of protesters.
Mohammed al-Nimr told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Saturday evening that the family will be holding prayers and accepting condolences at the Imam Hussain Mosque in the village of al-Awamyia, where the sheikh used to pray.
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