Sadr calls Iraqi government for urgent investigation on Qattara shrine's case
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, called on the Iraqi government to start an urgent and serious investigation into the case of the Qattara al-Imam Ali shrine in Karbala holy city.
“This time, corruption rudely reached places of worship,” Sadr tweeted on Sunday. “After presenting our condolences to the victims’ families, we call the government to start an urgent and serious investigation to uncover the truth, so the corruption doesn’t reach the mosques as it did to the state’s ministries and institutions.”
— مقتدى السيد محمد الصدر (@Mu_AlSadr) August 21, 2022
Four bodies have so far been pulled out from under the rubbles after a landslide hit the Qattara Shiite shrine in Iraq’s central city of Karbala, Iraqi civil defense teams said on Sunday as the search effort continues.
Dozens of civilians who had visited the holy site for religious practices were trapped under rubble.
“With deep sadness, we received the news of the landslide on the shrine of Imam Ali (peace be upon him), which resulted in deaths, injuries, and others under the rubble,” Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani tweeted on Sunday.
بعميق الحزن تلقينا نبأ الانهيار الترابي على مزار قطّارة الإمام علي (ع)، مما أسفر عن وفيات وإصابات وآخرين تحت الأنقاض. خالص التعازي لأسر المتوفين وتمنياتنا للجرحى بالشفاء. إقليم كوردستان، بمؤسساته الصحية كافة، مستعد لتقديم كل أشكال الدعم والمساعدة لأهلنا في كربلاء المقدسة.
— Masrour Barzani (@masrour_barzani) August 21, 2022
Barzani presented his sincere condolences to the victims’ families and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
“The Kurdistan Region, with all its health institutions, is ready to provide all forms of support and assistance to our people in Holy Karbala,” said Prime Minister Barzani.