Syrian Preacher Found Shot Dead In London
A Syrian preacher from a west London mosque has been found shot dead in a car in Wembley.
Abdul Hadi Arwani was found sitting in a dark-coloured Volkswagen Passat with a gunshot wound to his chest on Tuesday morning.
The preacher, in his late 40s, was discovered in the vehicle at 11.15am. An air ambulance was called, but he was declared dead at the scene.
Detectives launched a murder investigation and said they knew the identity of the victim, but that formal identification had not yet been completed.
Sources confirmed it was believed to be Mr Arwani, a preacher at the An-Noor Mosque in Acton, west London.
The mosque has previously hosted the son of radical preacher Abu Hamza, and was the location for the November 2013 escape of terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed...