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More than 24 hours after the deadly attack in the center of Baghdad targeting protesters, the death toll has risen to 24 deaths in total. Despite the concern, protesters say they will not demobilize themselves.
This was one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq. Some protesters call it "the Sinak massacre" . Friday, December 7, early in the evening, dozens of armed and masked men landed on the edge of Baghdad's Tahrir Square in several pickups, killing 24 people, including four policemen, according to a new balance sheet of sources. medical.
Karar, a 22-year-old protester, was there when the gunmen arrived. " I was in a medical tent near the bridge. We saw people leaving, then running. And then suddenly, we heard gunshots , "he testifies to our correspondent in Baghdad, Lucile Wassermann .
Like many others, this young demonstrator is still in shock and accuses the militias of being behind a broad campaign of intimidation today. " We know they try to intimidate us or they want us to respond, to train us in a civil war ," says Karar.
This Saturday, December 8, despite the attack, thousands of Iraqis still continued to mobilize in the streets of Baghdad and in the south of the country. " I think what happened will not affect the protests," said Gaith, another protester. On the contrary, many people come to Sinak and Khalani because the massacre took place here . "
A few hours after the killing, a UFO-fired shell targeted the home of Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, who was not on the scene at the time of the attack and who was the first to call for the departure of the government. 'Adel Abdel Mahdi.
In addition to these attacks, dozens of protesters have been abducted since the start of the protest by men in black uniforms, whom the state says they have failed to identify. Since October 1, the protest movement in Iraq has already killed 440 people and injured 20,000.