Six people were killed yesterday and dozens wounded in renewed protests in Iraq, and demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to demand again the downfall of the government, and security forces used tear gas to disperse them, while the Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced that it will deal firmly and forcefully with the demonstrators' killers, According to the Anti-Terrorism Law.
In detail, six people were killed yesterday, in renewed protests in Iraq, including three demonstrators in Baghdad according to an official toll, and three people shot by the protection of a local official in Nasiriyah in the south of the country, according to security and medical sources.
According to security and medical sources in Nasiriyah, the killing of the three people in the city came during the protesters to storm the house of a security official, and set it on fire.
Demonstrators rallied, dozens of protesters brought sleeping mats, and hundreds more were deployed in Tahrir Square, the main center of protests in central Baghdad at the Republic Bridge leading to the Green Zone, where government, parliament and foreign embassies are based. Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi said yesterday that he visited the protesters in Tahrir Square during the night.
The demonstrations, the day before yesterday, killed more than 40 people, mostly in the south of the country, including those who burned by fire or fire, during raids on the headquarters of armed factions belonging to the Popular Mobilization.
The security forces tried yesterday to repel the demonstrators, who gathered in Tahrir Square and at the bridge of the Republic leading to the Green Zone, by firing a barrage of tear gas and sound bombs. The Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced yesterday that it will deal firmly and forcefully with the killers of protesters in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Law. The leadership said in a statement that «while the country is witnessing demonstrations, to demand the rights guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution, some have exploited these demonstrations, and worked to kill citizens, injuring others and burning and looting of public and private property, without any conscience. The leadership added: «Our security forces of all kinds will deal with these vicious criminals firmly, according to the anti-terrorism law», and considered that «these illegal acts a crime, must be dealt with immediately in the field and urgent».
• Security forces try to disperse demonstrators in Tahrir Square with tear gas canisters.