Demonstrators are seen at the place where tents were burned last night during the ongoing anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds into the air to disperse protesters in central Baghdad on Wednesday, killing one person, as the biggest wave of anti-government demonstrations in decades spread out across the capital.
The shootings took place on or near three of Baghdad's main bridges - Ahrar, Shuhada, and Bab al-Muadham - which have become focal points of the protests.
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