Fahmi Mansour, the owner of Seji Beer Supply showing his destroyed warehouse. Photo Rudaw.DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan -- Fahmi Yusef Mansour is the owner of Iraq’s biggest beer supply in the village of Seji near Duhok city in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Mansour’s beer storage was stormed and torched by an angry mob during the riots in the province earlier this month.
Following Friday sermons people in the cit of Zakho attacked liquor stores, massage parlors and hotels.
Mansour, a Christian, said he had received messages threatening to burn down his business. He said he had informed the local mayor and security officials about the threats, but was reassured that nothing would happen.
“We also did not expect anything to happen because this is a Christian place and there are no Muslims,” Mansour told Rudaw.
Mansour was in Dohuk the day his store was attacked. He rushed back and tried to protect his business with the help of some relatives carrying guns. According to Mansour around 2,000 people, the majority of them teenagers had attacked his beer storage.
Mansour believes some school teachers are responsible for instigating the young people against Christians. Read the rest on:
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