LONDON: Top Saudi cleric has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Philippine on Tuesday, TheNewsTribe.com learnt from international media.
According to details, Sheikh Ayed al-Qarni was giving a lecture in the Philippines when he was shot and injured by an unknown gunman.
He was quickly taken to hospital where he was ‘fine’ after being shot in hand.
Al Arabiya quoted an unnamed Filipino official as saying Sheikh Ayed al-Qarni was “in a good condition” after being shot in the hand by an unknown gunman at Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga.
The official added that Filipino security forces shot dead the gunman.
“We pinned down the gunman. He’s dead,” Filipino spokesperson Helen Galvez told AFP. “We are investigating this incident.”
Galvez said the gunman used a .45-caliber pistol.
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