Hezbollah chief denounces 'criminal' Saudi Arabia
Head of Lebanon's Shia movement accuses Al-Saud family of seeking to spark "a conflict between Sunni and Shia" Muslims
An image grab taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on January 3, 2016, shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location in Lebanon. PHOTO: AFP
The head of Lebanon's powerful Shia movement also accused Saudi Arabia's ruling Al-Saud family of seeking to spark "a conflict between Sunni and Shia" Muslims.
"The execution (Saturday) of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr reveals to the world the real criminal, takfiri and terrorist face of Saudi Arabia," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television.
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"This is not something we can ignore," Nasrallah said.
Nimr, 56, was a force behind anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia in 2011 in the east of the country.
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He was executed along with 46 other men -- Shia activists and Sunnis who the Saudi interior ministry said were involved in Al-Qaeda killings. Some were beheaded and others were shot by firing squad.
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