Massacre at Kufa

Hani ibn Arwa tomb

City of Kufa is 110,00
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History of Kufa
| City of 110,000 inhabitants in central
Iraq, lying on the western bank of the Euphrates river, and 11 km northeast of
Najaf. Kufa is one of three religiously important cities that lies in a cluster south of Baghdad, together with Najaf and Karbala, the most important town in Shi'i Islam. Kufa holds a typical Shi'i shrine built over the tombs of Muslim ibn Aqil and Hani ibn Arwa. Next to the shrine lies the extensive headquarters of Ali, protected by a 4 metres thick wall. |
The march from Kufa to Najaf
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The massacre |
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A total of 74 people were killed
and 376 wounded in a mortar attack on Kufa's mosque, and shooting on Shiite demonstrators
blamed on American mercenaries. "The Najaf hospital received 39 bodies and 255 wounded and the one in Kufa 25 bodies and 60 wounded," a ministry official said. Another 8 people killed in the demonstration and 42 wounded people were transported to Diwaniya, about 50 kilometres (about 30 miles) east of Najaf. At least 15 Sistani supporters were shot dead in Najaf and 65 wounded when gunmen opened fire at police who were trying to control a crowd, prompting police to shoot back, witnesses said.
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