BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces clashed with anti-government protesters in the early hours of Saturday near the capital’s Tahrir Square, leaving one demonstrator dead and dozens more wounded, medical sources said. Iraqi demonstrators rest in front of a mural painting in Tahrir square during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the capital Baghdad. Seven of them died around Tahrir, where clashes between riot police and security forces have escalated. The eighth victim was killed by the security guards of a local politician in the southern city of Nasiriyah. Rights group Amnesty International slammed Iraqi forces this week for using two types of military-grade tear gas canisters that have pierced protesters’ skulls and lungs.

Source: New Strait Times November 02, 2019 10:13 UTC