Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Explosion in front of Sistani's office
Security
(Voices of Iraq) - An explosive charge went off on Monday afternoon in front of an office of top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the city of Hilla, causing material damage to the building, a police source said. "A local-made bomb was detonated in front of Al-Sistani's al-Mustafa cultural institution in central Hilla," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"The director of the institution lives near to the building, which was blown up," he also said, noting that no one was in the building during the explosion. Four al-Sistani's aides were killed in the past two months in the city of Najaf. Hilla, capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad.
"The director of the institution lives near to the building, which was blown up," he also said, noting that no one was in the building during the explosion. Four al-Sistani's aides were killed in the past two months in the city of Najaf. Hilla, capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad.
Labels: al-Mustafa cultural institution, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Hilla
