It is reported by Sky News Arabia, citing a video from the scene and eyewitnesses.
As the channel indicates, witnesses of the incident speak of the five dead as a result of the shooting. There are also victims, but their exact number is not called.
According to available information, law enforcement officers used firearms against demonstrators located on Er-Rashid Street.
Earlier it became known that the Iraqi authorities again imposed a curfew in Baghdad because of the ongoing protests.
October 26 it was reported that since the riots began, the number of victims amounted to almost 200 people, thousands were injured.
Mass protests have been taking place in Iraq since October 1 due to the worsening social situation, increasing corruption and unemployment.