Nimr execution is Saudi 'crime' says Iran-backed Iraqi militia - al-Ahd TV


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  • Saturday, 02 Jan 2016

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)

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