- Title: Eight injured in second day of Baghdad protests over unemployment, corruption
- Date: 2nd October 2019
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 2, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS RALLYING IN BAGHDAD SQUARE, RIOT POLICE CONTAINING CROWD RIOT POLICE WITH SHIELDS STANDING IN LINE PROTESTERS CHANTING PROTESTERS CHANTING (Arabic): "No parties, the army is with us" ELDERLY MAN WALKING PAST RIOT POLICE AND WAVING HIS CANE, PROTESTERS CHANTING (Arabic): "Death to the parties, the army is with us" RIOT POLICE STANDING IN LINE ACROSS FROM PROTESTERS / ELDERLY MAN RAISING HIS CANE IN FRONT OF PROTESTERS PROTESTERS CHANTING / RIOT POLICE REAR VIEW OF RIOT POLICE WATCHING RALLY BARBED WIRE NEAR RALLY PROTESTERS WALKING NEAR RIOT POLICE CORDON PROTESTERS MARCHING AND CHANTING PROTESTERS LINING UP TO START PRAYER VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS PRAYING
- Embargoed: 16th October 2019 12:58
- Keywords: Baghdad protesters tear gas public service rally live fire Zafaraniya district unemployment corruption demonstrations
- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZENW3R
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Security forces used live fire and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in renewed protests in Baghdad on Wednesday (October 2), a day after at least two Iraqis were killed and 200 wounded in clashes over unemployment, corruption and poor public services.
At least eight protesters were wounded in the Zafaraniya district of southeast Baghdad when police and the army opened fire and launched tear gas canisters to disperse dozens of protesters, police sources said.
On Wednesday, security forces blocked several roads in Baghdad, including a bridge that leads to the fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies, as part of tightened security measures, a security source said.
In a bid to temper angry protests, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Tuesday (October 1) issued a statement promising jobs for graduates. He instructed the oil ministry and other government bodies to start including a 50 percent quota for local workers in subsequent contracts with foreign companies.
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