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Gunfights rage in southern Iraq, protests spread nationwide
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 2, 2019 / 5:57 AM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO
Gunfights rage in southern Iraq, protests spread nationwide
Ahmed Rasheed, Ahmed Aboulenein
5 MIN READ
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq deployed counter-terrorism troops in the southern city of Nassiriya on Wednesday after police “lost control” when gunfights broke out between protesters and security forces, police sources said.
Curfews were later imposed in Nassiriya and two other southern cities, Amara and Hilla, the police sources told Reuters, as protests that began on Tuesday over unemployment, corruption and poor public services escalated.
Demands on Wednesday included the “fall of the regime” and government and political party buildings set ablaze in two other southern provinces.
Five people were killed on Wednesday and more than 200 were wounded in renewed clashes nationwide, the largest display of public anger against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s year-old government. Two were killed on Tuesday.
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Gunfights rage in southern Iraq, protests spread nationwide
Ahmed Rasheed, Ahmed Aboulenein
5 MIN READ
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq deployed counter-terrorism troops in the southern city of Nassiriya on Wednesday after police “lost control” when gunfights broke out between protesters and security forces, police sources said.
Curfews were later imposed in Nassiriya and two other southern cities, Amara and Hilla, the police sources told Reuters, as protests that began on Tuesday over unemployment, corruption and poor public services escalated.
Demands on Wednesday included the “fall of the regime” and government and political party buildings set ablaze in two other southern provinces.
Five people were killed on Wednesday and more than 200 were wounded in renewed clashes nationwide, the largest display of public anger against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s year-old government. Two were killed on Tuesday.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/gunfights-rage-in-southern-iraq-protests-spread-nationwide-idUSKBN1WH0YF
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Also: Internet access cut across much of Iraq: NGO (Reuters)
