Hawzah News Agency- A source within the local police reported, on Wednesday, that the residence of Sadr al-Din al- Qabanchi, the Friday prayer imam in Najaf, was targeted in an armed attack.

According to the source, a guard stationed at al- Qabanchi home, located in Al-Ghadeer district in central Najaf, sustained injuries early this morning following an RPG-7 rocket attack on the residence.

according to the announcement published in the telegram channel of the Friday Imam’s office in Najaf Ashraf, the house of Hujjat al-Islam Seyyed Sadr al-Din Qabanchi, was attacked by a missile from an unknown source at dawn today.

This announcement stated that this attack only caused minor damage to his residence.