Via Guardian:

A Shia Muslim community leader will undergo surgery after being shot in the face with pellets outside a Sydney religious hall, which witnesses say was targeted by supporters of Islamic State hours earlier.

Rasoul Al Mousawi, 47, was standing outside the building in Greenacre in Sydney south-west around 1.15am on Monday morning when a number of pellets were fired.

Police said Al Mousawi sustained wounds to his head and shoulder and is expected to undergo surgery, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Other worshippers reportedly heard the shots and dragged the wounded man back into the Husseiniya Al Nabi Akram Islamic centre, where the man had been observing the first day of the holy ritual of Ashura.

A friend of the victim said threats by alleged Islamic State (Isis) supporters had been made during the evening, before the shooting.

“They drive past, they stop here, they make threats ‘Isis lives forever’ this and that,” he told ABC radio.