- Title: Three Iraqis killed, 84 wounded in Baghdad protests
- Date: 26th October 2019
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 26, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS RUNNING FROM TEAR GAS PROTESTERS HELPING A WOUNDED PROTESTER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER, SAYING: ''Those are my brothers, I come to support and protect them. If I don't protect them, I cannot protect my country. Those are my brothers. Enough, Enough.'' PROTESTERS RUNNING FROM TEAR GAS PARAMEDIC LIFTING A WOUNDED PROTESTER INTO AMBULANCE PHOTOGRAPHER SHOWING HIS WOUNDS TO CAMERA PROTESTERS WALKING IN THE STREET PROTESTER CARRYING PLACARD, READING (Arabic): ''IN MY HOMELAND: WE SEE PEOPLE DIE WHOM THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE DEAD AT THE HAND OF ONE WHO DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE'' VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS IN THE STREET CARRYING CORRUGATED METAL PLANKS OVERHEAD VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS AND VEHICLES IN THE IN THE STREET SOUNDBITE (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER, SAYING: ''We as demonstrators, have very simple demands. Those young men who are jobless, they should be appointed. You, as a party, aren't able to provide them with opportunities of a job so that the youth can live in a decent life? Why do you marginalize those people and those youth. We are not affiliated to any party or biased to any nationalism. And we regret when we see a country run by parties and unqualified people. Get out from this country, we don't want you, we fed up of you. All your promises are but lies.'' PROTESTERS STANDING OFF WITH RIOT POLICE PROTESTERS ON BUILDING WAVING FLAGS PROTESTERS AND VEHICLES IN THE STREET PROTESTERS STANDING OFF WITH RIOT POLICE PROTESTERS WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS CHANTING AND SINGING PROTESTERS DANCING AND SINGING SOUNDBITE (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER, SAYING: ''Today is my birthday, I come to Tahrir Square to celebrate here with my brothers, the protesters, in contrary to the wish of government. I come to support and protect them.'' (PROTESTERS AND THE WOMAN WHO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY DANCING AND CHEERING AS THEY CARRYING CAKE)
- 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: LVA001B2QGZ7R
- 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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