Baghdad: Four persons arrested on charge of killing al-Sader

The Iraqi authorities said it detained 4 persons on charge of assassinating Ayatollah Muhammad Sadeq al-Sader in Najaf City last month.

A statement broadcast by Iraqi television said that among those arrested were students from Najaf University, and some were previously expelled from Iraq.

The Iraqi statement accused them of aiming to shake security and stability in Iraq through the assassination.

Iraqi opposition leaders accused the Iraqi government of the assassination but Baghdad denied this and reports said the four persons participated in assassinating al-Sader.

Two of them explained to the investigators the way they carried out the assassination .