Shooting live ammunition at the crowd, Iraqi security forces shot dead six demonstrators in Baghdad on Thursday (November 7th) and four anti-government rallies in Basra in the south, according to police and medical sources. In the capital, the clashes occurred near the Chouhada bridge, blocked since Tuesday by the protesters.
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Dozens of protesters also blocked the entrance to the port of Oumm Kasr in the south, a few hours after its reopening, preventing the transport by road of food landed there, said a member of the port authorities .
More than 260 dead, 8,000 injured
Police also fired live ammunition to disperse protesters gathered around a local administration building, police sources said.
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Iraq has been shaken for more than a month by a huge movement against corruption, the scarcity of jobs and living conditions, the repression of which has left more than 260 dead and more than 8,000 wounded.
With Reuters