AhlulBayt News Agency

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Monday

22 August 2016

8:40:09 AM
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Takfiri terrorists assassinate Shiite cleric in Herat, Afghanistan

On Friday (19 Aug. 2016), the Imam of Shiite mosques in the "Charsoonk" area in Herat has been shot martyred by armed men.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - On Friday (19 Aug. 2016), the Imam of Shiite mosques in the "Charsoonk" area in Herat has been shot, and martyred by armed men.

"Mahdi Hadid" Herat's provincial council of security's director said: The clergy who was called "Sayyed Younes Alavi" and has been martyred on the way back home after night prayers in the mosque.

Pointing out that the motif for this murder is unknown he added: The imam was an inoffensive person and had no hostility towards any one.

In the meantime the hospital managers in Herat say that last night the body of a 45-year-old man named "Sayyed Younes" has been taken to the hospital.

Mohammad Rafiq Shirzi, the hospital's spokesman confirmed the news and said: Sayyed Younes lived in the "Haji Abbas" neighborhood of  Herat and has been shot by a military bullet.

It is noteworthy that armed commute has always been a major source of anxiety for authorities which in some cases have led to assassination of prominent figures.