2 Baghdad Protesters Dead after Clashes with Police

Arab World

July 27th, 8:31am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Demonstrators gesture at a protest during a curfew, three days after the nationwide anti-government protests turned violent, in Baghdad, Iraq October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

Two protesters died in Baghdad early Monday after being shot with tear gas canisters in violent confrontations with Iraqi security forces, medical sources told AFP. Demonstrations over power outages erupted in the capital and several southern cities on Sunday, as temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius overwhelm electricity generators across the country. The deaths were the first since Prime Minister Mustafa al- Kadhimi, who had promised a dialogue with protesters, took office in May.

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