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There are different stats about this. It is mentioned in different references, numbers ranging from 4000 to even 120,000.

What is correct casualty count?

Also did this attack really happened in history?

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Got a date for this? – T.E.D.♦ Aug 9 '12 at 13:51
@T.E.D. yes but I do not know if they are valid or not. terrorism-illuminati.com/wahhabis and fsmitha.com/h2/ch17arab.html and translate.google.com/… – Ahmadi Aug 9 '12 at 14:24

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Yes, in 1802 Wahhabis attacked the city of Karbala in Iraq, they killed about 4000 one from shia and According to another novel 5000, they attacked the shrine of Imam Hussein. here's a link but it is written in arabic

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novel? A novel as in fictional work? – Felix Goldberg Jan 27 at 13:26

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