5 protesters killed in Iraqi city clashes
27th February, 2021 10:17:42
NASSIRIYA: At least five protesters were killed and more than 175 people injured on Friday in clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, a Reuters witness and other sources said, reports Reuters.
Among the fatalities, most died from bullet wounds, a hospital source said, adding that about 120 protesters were wounded. At least 57 members of the security forces were injured, according to a another hospital source and a security source.
The clashes continued on Friday evening after a week of violence that erupted on Sunday when security
forces fired to disperse protesters, who were trying to storm the provincial government building using rocks and Molotov cocktails.
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