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Shia Cleric Critically Injured in Damascus Grenade Attack

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Damascus, May 1 (IANS) A Shia cleric was critically wounded on Friday when assailants threw a grenade into his car in the Sayyida Zeinab suburb of Damascus, according to a war monitor, though Syrian authorities confirmed only that an explosion had occurred in the area. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights identified the target as Farhan Mansour, a member of the Shia religious authority and a Friday preacher.The Britain-based monitor said unknown assailants attacked Mansour near the Safir al-Z…