IMARA, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen killed a representative of revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the southern Iraqi city of Imara on Sunday, police said.
Sheikh Hassan Mohammed Mahdi al-Jawadi, 56, was gunned down in front of his office by gunmen in a car, said a police officer from Imara in Misan province.
He said gunmen had also killed Jawadi's son, who was a policeman, two weeks ago in a similar attack.
Jawadi's killing comes a day after Sistani warned Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of the dangers Iraq faced from militias if his fledgling government failed to curb the raging sectarian violence.
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