Twenty dead since the beginning of the protest in Iraq

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A boy fleeing confrontations between protesters and police in a district of Baghdad, capital of Iraq, October 3, 2019 AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP

In just three days, the social protest against Baghdad and some other Iraqi cities has already killed 19 people. Eleven protesters were killed on the night of October 2 to 3.

The balance sheet has grown in Iraq since the beginning of the wave of disputes , which began on October 1, which targets the government of Adel Abdoul Mahdi. Protesters killed while a curfew came into effect this Thursday, October 3.

Seven protesters and a policeman were killed in Nassiria during clashes between protesters and riot police. Four other people died in Amara, medical and police sources say.

On Wednesday, five people, including one child, were killed and hundreds wounded among protesters and police.

For three days, protesters denounce unemployment, corruption and degradation of public services in the country. The mobilization does not weaken despite the actual shooting of the forces of law and order.