Gunmen Attack Najaf Police Station

World | June 10, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

Shiite militiamen and Iraqi police fought for control of the police headquarters in Najaf. That was the first skirmishes since an agreement last week to end weeks of bloody clashes. Two Iraqis were killed and 13 were injured, hospital officials said. Gunmen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attacked the station near the city's Revolution of 1920 Square late Wednesday. American troops were not involved, Iraqi police said. The fighting comes only days after al-Sadr agreed to send his fighters home and pull back from the Islamic shrines in Najaf and its twin city of Kufa, handing over security to Iraqi police. The US Army also agreed to stay away from the holy sites to give Iraqi security forces a chance to end the standoff.

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