A man uses a drum as university students carry an Iraqi flag, during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by high-level corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs, Reuters witnesses and security sources said.
One protester was killed in Baghdad, police sources said, and more than 100 demonstrators were hurt in the violence in the capital and several other cities after the security forces tried to clear sit-in protest camps, medical sources said.
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