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Four killed as Iraqi police clash with demonstrators in Baghdad and Nasiriyah

2020-01-26 10:10:43       source:CGTN

January 25, 2020 


Iraqi security forces raided Baghdad's main protest site at Tahrir Square on Saturday, firing live rounds and tear gas at anti-government demonstrators who have camped out there for months.


At least four people were killed and seven others wounded in Baghdad and southern Nasiriyah during clashes with police earlier in the day, medics and security sources said.


The clashes took place after authorities began removing concrete barriers near Tahrir Square and across at least one main bridge over the Tigris River in Baghdad.


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