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8 Nov 2019

Gunmen shoot dead 5 protesters in southern Iraqi city

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Gunmen shoot dead 5 protesters in southern Iraqi cityMasked men attacked anti-government protesters in Iraq’s southern city of Basra overnight, killing five and wounding scores, Iraqi state TV and medical officials said Friday. The shooting in Basra occurred around midnight Thursday and wounded around 120 people, according to medical officials who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. In Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi state television said that explosive experts detonated a bomb under a bridge that has been a daily flashpoint between security forces and protesters trying to force their way into the heavily fortified Green Zone, which hosts the government’s headquarters.