- Title: Three Iraqis killed, 84 wounded in Baghdad protests
- Date: 26th October 2019
- Summary: VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS DANCING AND WAVING FLAGS
- Embargoed: 9th November 2019 15:12
- Keywords: Iraq Baghdad protests TAHRIR SQUARE
- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA002B2QGZ7R
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Three Iraqis were killed on Saturday (October 26) after being hit in the head by tear gas canisters fired by security forces, and another 84 were wounded at a protest in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square, police and hospital sources told Reuters.
Demonstrators and security forces clashed on Saturday in renewed anti-government protests. The unrest followed a day of violent protests in which at least 52 people were killed around the country on Friday (October 25).
After the situation calmed down, one Iraqi woman celebrating her birthday brought a cake to to show her support to the protesters.
Iraq's military and Ministry of Interior signalled in statements that they planned to respond more firmly to protests on Saturday.
Whereas tear gas was used only to repel those who approached the capital's fortified Green Zone on Friday, security forces were using it on everyone assembled in Tahrir Square on Saturday.
The Green Zone is the central government zone of Baghdad that was closed to the Iraqi public for many years.
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