BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's ruling family committed a crime by executing Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the leader of a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi militia said on Saturday, according to al-Ahd TV. "The execution of Sheikh al-Nimr is a crime that is added to the criminal record of Al Saud," Kataib Hezbollah's leader Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes said.Al-Ahd is owned by another Iranian backed group, Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
(Reporting by Stephen Kalin and Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Catherine Evans)
