[AlAhram] Iraqi security forces killed at least five people when they opened fire on protesters in Baghdad on Monday, a Rooters witness said, as thousands took part in the largest wave of anti-government protests for decades.
| Monday's deaths were in addition to three protesters killed late on Sunday when security forces who opened fire on a crowd trying to storm the Iranian consulate in the Shiite Kerbala city, security and medical sources said. |
A Rooters cameraman saw one man rubbed out, his body carried away by fellow protesters, when security forces opened fire with live rounds on demonstrators near Baghdad's Ahrar Bridge. He also saw at least four others killed.
Security and medical sources put the toll at four killed and 34 maimed, but could only confirm one death was from live fire. Two were a result of rubber bullets and tear gas, not live ammunition, they said, giving no reason for the fourth death. |