Shiekh Sami Abed al-Latif, the imam of Kfar Kara’s central Quba Mosque, was shot dead in the northern Israeli city on Saturday in another suspected assassination across the Arab sector.
Magen David Adom paramedics determined the death of the imam, who was shot near the mosque. Israel Police have launched an investigation and collected evidence from the scene.
The 60-year-old is the 159th murder in the Arab sector since the start of the year.
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