It was stated that a mosque imam's lost his life after being assaulted in Sulaymaniyah city of Iraq.

Hazım Sıddık Ali, who served in a mosque in Qeladize district of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, stated that lost his life after armed attacked by unknown people after Friday prayer.

According to reports, Imam Hazim Ali Siddiqui serving for Raman mosque in district of Qeladiz, lost his life in armed attack carried out by unknown people after Friday prayer.

Imam Hazım Sadik Ali, known as Ahmedi Deri, was also a member of the Kurdistan Islamic Society Party [Komela Islam].

Muhammed Heme Salih, a member of the Komala Islamic Presidential Council, said in his statement, “Hazim Sıddık Ali has been involved in the committee of the scholars of Komela Islam for many years and has been imamate to this mosque for a long time.”

The Kurdistan Religious Affairs and Union of Islamic Scholars, made a statement regarding the attack, requested the perpetrators to be found. (ILKHA)