Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence
Iraq protesters carry the coffin of a paramedic shot two nights ago. The death toll currently stands at 12, according to the Iraqi Human Rights Commission, a state-funded monitor which reports on protest violence. – EPA pic, January 23, 2020.
AN Iraqi demonstrator was shot dead in the southern city of Basra overnight, a security source and the human rights commission said today, the latest in a string of protester deaths. The anti-government demonstrations rocking the Iraqi capital and the Shiite-majority south since October had abated in recent weeks amid spiralling tensions between Iraq’s key allies, the United States and Iran.
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