Six
protesters were wounded on Sunday as they tried to storm the main
provincial government building in the southern Iraqi city of Basra,
Arab paper Al-Hayat reports, citing the local health department.
Police
fired live rounds in the air during the clashes. Water cannons and
tear gas were also deployed. The protesters, who were rallying
against poor public services and corruption, had made a similar
attempt on the government building on Saturday, but were driven away,
with seven people hurt in the process.
Oil-rich
Basra is one of the southern Iraqi cities that has recently witnessed
mass protests over the dire state of the nation’s economy. The
government had placed its security forces on high alert, deploying
extra troops in the southern provinces. In total, three people have
been killed in protests across Iraq over the past week.
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