'We will martyr ourselves for Iraq' - dozens march in funeral of killed protester
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1435284
'We will martyr ourselves for Iraq' - dozens march in funeral of killed protester
- Title: 'We will martyr ourselves for Iraq' - dozens march in funeral of killed protester
- Date: 5th October 2019
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS) MOURNERS CARRYING COFFIN OF PROTESTER KILLED IN DEMONSTRATIONS, CROWD WALKING ALONGSIDE CROWD MARCHING, RAISING ARMS IN AIR AND CHANTING (Arabic): "With our soul and blood, we will martyr ourselves for Iraq." COFFIN BEING DRIVEN ON ROOF OF VEHICLE, MOURNERS STANDING ON VEHICLE'S ROOF WITH COFFIN, CROWD MARCHING CROWD MARCHING, COFFIN BEING CARRIED CROWD MARCHING AND CHANTING VARIOUS CROWD HOLDING HANDS IN AIR AND MARCHING, FOLLOWING COFFIN, SOUND OF GUNFIRE MOURNER CRYING AND BEING SUPPORTED BY OTHER MAN, SOUND OF GUNFIRE CROWD MARCHING DURING FUNERAL, CHANTING AND RAISING ARMS IN AIR, SOUND OF GUNFIRE CROWD WALKING AND CHANTING, COFFIN BEING CARRIED
- Embargoed: 19th October 2019 18:05
- Keywords: Iraq protests funeral held protesters killed Iraq protesters killed Iraq unrest
- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZTKRBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Dozens of Baghdad residents marched in funerals for killed protesters late Friday (October 4) as the death toll reached at least 81 people nationwide.
Mourners chanted, "With our soul and blood, we will martyr ourselves for Iraq" as they marched amid the sound of gunfire.
On Saturday (October 5), clashes between police and protesters killed five people in Baghdad in a resumption of anti-government unrest, as security forces deployed in hundreds to keep demonstrations away from central squares in the Iraqi capital.
The new clashes shattered a day of relative calm after authorities lifted a curfew and traffic moved normally in the centre of the city.
In eastern Baghdad, police snipers shot at demonstrators and several people were wounded, Reuters reporters said.
The unrest is the deadliest Iraq has seen since the declared defeat of Islamic State in 2017 and has shaken Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's year-old government. The government has responded with vague reform promises that are unlikely to placate Iraqis.
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