Hundreds of Iraqi protesters continued to demonstrate in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad yesterday, in defiance of a bloody security campaign that killed dozens over the past two days, and a raid by security forces during the night to disperse them. School students joined the protests, while six policemen were killed and an officer was kidnapped in two separate operations. For the Islamic State terrorist organization in Mosul.

Demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square on top of rooftops of shops waving Iraqi flags, others burned tires in rubbish-covered streets, and some pitched tents, while volunteers began distributing food and water to protesters. .

Hundreds of schoolchildren in various stages in Iraq demonstrated yesterday morning in Baghdad's Al-Khadraa, Ameriya and Mansour neighborhoods in an unprecedented scene to support the demands of protesters in Tahrir Square. Witnesses said the students carried their school bags and Iraqi flags.

Youths erected barricades on a bridge leading to the city's fortified Green Zone to separate them from security forces that threw tear gas canisters at them, after at least 67 Iraqis were killed and hundreds wounded last Friday and Saturday, as demonstrators clashed with security forces and armed factions in a second wave of protests The number of people killed in protests in October rose to 224.

The Iraqi counterterrorism agency said yesterday that it had deployed troops on the streets of Baghdad to protect sovereign installations from elements he described as "undisciplined".

Ali al-Bayati, a member of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights, called for preserving the peaceful protests and protecting property. He has a tribal background and is never afraid because of long periods of terrorism and violence.

The President of the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq, Faeq Zeidan, and the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Jenin Hennes without Sakhar, the development of the situation against the backdrop of the protests taking place in the country, the day after Hennes expressed deep regret and condemnation of the loss of life and destruction of demonstrators Public and private property, and the attempt of armed entities to hinder the stability and unity of Iraq and to undermine the right of people to peaceful assembly and their legitimate demands.

Meanwhile, a source in the Iraqi Nineveh Operations Command announced yesterday the killing of six policemen and the abduction of a police officer by ISIS terrorist elements in two separate incidents in Mosul.

Counterterrorism Agency deploys troops in Baghdad to protect sovereign facilities.