Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said Al-Hakim, one of Iraq's top Shia clerics, died on Friday aged 85 in the holy city of Najaf after a heart attack, sources close to him said. Funeral ceremonies will be held on Saturday in Najaf and its twin holy city of Karbala, a source within his office told AFP. Al-Hakim "underwent surgery three days ago in hospital in Najaf and succumbed today to a heart attack", the source said. Iraqi President Barham Salih in a statement paid homage to the "prominent figure" in Shia Islam. The United States expressed its condolences in a statement from its embassy in Baghdad. Al-Hakim will be buried in Najaf, home to the shrine of Imam Ali, the fou
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