Tear gas fired, scores wounded in Baghdad protest marking 2019 unrest


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 Oct 2022

Iraqi protesters hurl stones during clashes with security forces at a gathering to mark the third anniversary of the anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades on Saturday to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores off Baghdad's Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked the anniversary of anti-government unrest in 2019.

At least 86 people were wounded, about half of them members of the security forces, medical and security sources said, adding that 38 protesters were hit by rubber bullets.

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