A football match causes deaths and injuries in Iraq

The "Suq Al-Shuyoukh" area of ​​the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar witnessed a major clan confrontation after a dispute over a football match.

The confrontations resulted in the death of 3 people and the injury of more than 10 people, and the confrontation extended to more than one area and sub-district of the governorate.

An eyewitness told "Sky News Arabia" that the "Five-A-League" football match was held in the northern neighborhood on the one hand, and this type of game is usually held in small closed halls, so a quarrel occurred between young men attending the match, which soon expanded As the quarrels went out to the streets surrounding the hall, hundreds of people from the two clans intervened, and shooting began less than a quarter of an hour after the personal quarrel began.

The eyewitness continued, "The sons of the Al-Shaddoud and Al-Kawam clans flocked to the confrontation area, and the two sides began to take opposite "barricades", using light and medium weapons. Main.

A security officer from the Dhi Qar Governorate Police explained how the course of the confrontation extended for more than 5 kilometers, from the center of the “Suq Al-Shuyoukh” area to the Al-Akikiya neighborhoods, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, which is a difficult task for the army and security services to cordon off the confrontation.

The officer added that the emergency regiments and various police and intelligence departments in Dhi Qar governorate directly intervened and called in reinforcements from the Iraqi army divisions in Dhi Qar governorate, the 37th Brigade and the Ninth Division of the army.

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