An Iranian Sunni cleric was seriously injured in an assassination attempt in the northwest of the country, the Tosse-eh paper reported Monday.
It said Mollah Seyed Mohammad Abubakri, the prayer leader in Rabt, near the Sardasht region in the northwestern West-Azerbaijan province, was shot at several times by two unknown assailants as he was heading for the mosque for morning prayers on Sunday.
According to the paper, 52 cartridges were found at the scene of the incident. Aboubakri was subsequently taken to the Motahari hospital in the provincial capital of Orumiyeh, where he underwent surgery, the daily said, adding that he was out of danger now.
Cited by Tosse-eh, the cleric said he believed the attack had a political nature because he had been threatened by militants belonging to the outlawed Iran Democratic Kurdistan Party (IDKP).
Sardasht, a mostly Kurdish region, is situated in the south of the West Azerbaijan province, on the border with Turkey. (Albawaba.com)
