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One person died and several were injured on Tuesday when Iraqi security forces fired live rounds in the air to disperse the mass protests in central Baghdad, according to security and medical sources.
The sources said that at least 14 protesters and seven members of the security forces were hurt in the clashes.
Thousands demonstrated in Tahrir Square, accusing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s government of failing to answer for the deaths of dozens of activists shot dead in different parts of Iraq in recent months.
One protester, who gave only his first name Yousif, carried a photograph of an activist he said had been killed recently.
Tuesday’s clashes erupted after protesters started throwing bricks towards security forces, a witness said.
When nationwide protests erupted in 2019, hundreds of mostly unarmed demonstrators were killed and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was forced to resign.
He was replaced by Kadhimi, who pledged to investigate activists’ deaths but also imprisoned hundreds of demonstrators.
