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Two protesters shot dead in south Iraq: medics, security sources
NASIRIYAH, Iraq, Nov 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two demonstrators were shot
dead in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Thursday, medics and security
sources told AFP, as a crackdown on anti-government sit-ins began there.
Another 20 people were wounded, including two in critical condition,
when security forces retook a pair of bridges in the city that protesters had
occupied for several days.
Southern Iraq and the capital Baghdad have been gripped by nearly two
months of rallies demanding a deep-rooted overhaul of the ruling system, seen
as corrupt and inefficient.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1230 hrs