Three dead, several injured after protests in Basra - security sources

Record ID: 1438582

  • Title: Three dead, several injured after protests in Basra - security sources
  • Date: 25th October 2019
  • Summary: BASRA, IRAQ (OCTOBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS) DEMONSTRATORS RUNNING / SECURITY FORCES VEHICLE DRIVING PAST, FOLLOWED BY AMBULANCE MOTIONLESS PROTESTER LYING ON GROUND HOLDING IRAQI FLAG / ATTENDED TO BY MEDIC INJURED PROTESTER IN BOOT OF CAR INJURED POLICEMAN SITTING, MAN POURING FIZZY DRINK OVER POLICEMAN'S EYES WOUNDED PROTESTER BEING CARRIED OUT OF AMBULANCE VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATOR KILLED DURING PROTEST DRAPED WITH IRAQI FLAG ON STRETCHER VARIOUS OF INJURED BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL
  • Embargoed: 8th November 2019 19:48
  • Keywords: Iraq protests Basra injured
  • Location: BASRA, IRAQ
  • City: BASRA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B2LK9XJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Three protesters were killed in oil-rich Basra with many more injured on Friday (October 25) after protests turned violent according to security forces.
    Across Iraq at least 40 protesters were killed on Friday with security forces using tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opening fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship, security sources said.
    More than 2,000 people were injured nationwide, according to medical sources and the Iraqi High Commission on Human Rights (IHCHR), as demonstrators vented frustration at political elites they say have failed to improve their lives after years of conflict.
    The bloodshed is the second major bout of violence this month. A series of clashes two weeks ago between protesters and security forces left 157 people dead and over 6,000 wounded.
    In Basra, Reuters footage showed protesters clashing with security forces who launched tear gas canisters and stun grenades and were met by rocks thrown at their vehicles. Young men carried the injured away, as protesters set police cars on fire.
    An 8 p.m. curfew was imposed until further notice in the southern provinces of Basra, Muthanna, Wasit, Babel and Dhi Qar, after protesters torched offices of lawmakers, Shi'ite political parties and militia headquarters.
    (Production: Mohammed A'ty, Mohammed al-Ramahi, Maher Nazeh, Mohammed Katfan)
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