Iraqi forces kill four in Baghdad but protesters stay put - police, medics

FILE PHOTO: Iraqi demonstrators are seen on the top of the building called by Iraqis 'the Turkish Restaurant Building', during anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed at least four anti-government protesters on Thursday as they sought to push them back to their main camp in central Baghdad, police and medics said, but demonstrations resumed at the same spot later in the day.

The violence shattered two days of relative calm in Baghdad after weeks of bloody unrest that has killed more than 300 Iraqis as politicians grapple with the biggest challenge in years to their grip on power.