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Two protesters shot dead in south Iraq: medical source
NASIRIYAH, Iraq, Nov 24, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two protesters were shot dead
overnight in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, a medical source told AFP
Sunday, as anti-government sit-ins shut down schools and bridges in the city.
At least 47 other people were wounded as protesters blocked roads and many
public offices by burning tyres.
Iraq’s mostly agricultural south has been swept up in the grassroots
movement demanding a total overhaul of a government system seen widely as
corrupt and inefficient.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1318 hrs