 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - vashoma veArmenian veShusha vakadzingwa muguta apo kunetsana kweNagorno-Karabakh kwakatanga muna Kukadzi 1988. Kereke huru yakashandurwa kuva imba yokuchengetera zvombo neAzerbaijan. Maererano nomuongorori wezvematongerwe enyika weArmenia Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan, kereke huru yakatsva katatu pakati pa1988 na1991 vachishandisa matai emotokari. Vanhu vokuAzerbaijan vakaparadza zvifananidzo zvematombo zvengirozi zvaiva pachivako chacho muna 1989. Vanonzi vakatengesa bhero rayo regoridhe, iro rakazowanikwa mumusika muDonetsk, kuUkraine uye rakatengwa nomukuru mukuru weArmenia nokuda kwemamiriyoni matatu emaruble ndokudzorerwa kuArmenia. Shusha isati yaparadzwakuvaArmenian, mauto eAzerbaijan akachengeta mazana emabhokisi eBM-21 Grad missiles sezvo kereke huru yakanga yakachengeteka kubva pakuputirwa kweArmenian. Shusha yakashandiswa senzvimbo yekupfura kweStepanakert, guta guru reKarabakh, neGrad launchers kwemwedzi yakati wandei. Vazvipiri vechiArmenian, kubatanidza mutsigiri akakurumbira Igor Muradyan, vakatakura mabhokisi emapuranga emapfuti nemagunduru emaroketi kunze kwechechi pakarepo pashure pokubatwa kweguta. Mureza weArmenia wakasimudzwa pamusoro pe dome rakakuvadzwa nemauto eArmenia. Melik-Shahnazaryan akanyora kuti pakatorwa guta racho, pakanga pangosara matombo chete echivako chacho chinoshamisa. Mumwe mushanyi wokune dzimwe nyika akacherechedza kuti mahwindo akanga asipo asi mukati makanga muri mumamiriro ezvinhu akanaka. 