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Five protesters dead as mass rallies continue in Iraq's Kurdish region
[PRESSTV] Kurdish security forces have fatally shot five protesters in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan as demonstrations continue there amid widespread anger over unpaid salaries and corruption.Asayesh forces shot up a group of protesters in the town of Ranya, which is a part of the Sulaymaniyah province, on Tuesday after the latter stormed and set ablaze the office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kurdish-language NRT television network reported. Kurdish medical sources, requesting anonymity, said five were shot and killed during the imbroglio. Another 20 people were maimed as well. Elsewhere in the Kurdish town of Koya in Erbil province, 19 people were maimed during the protests against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Earlier on Tuesday, hundreds of protesters took to streets in at least six cities in Sulaymaniyah province. The protestors torched the local government building in the town of Kwaisanjaq. They also attacked and set fire to the offices of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and PUK. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-20 |
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