Between 19 and 21 people have been killed and hundreds injured as protesters clash with Iraqi security forces over calls for more job opportunities, an end to corruption and better access to social services.
The Iraqi government is cracking down on increasingly violent political protests that erupted across the country Tuesday. Varying reports put the death count between 19 and 21 on Thursday, as the government issued a round-the-clock curfew and restricted internet and social media access.
Al Jazeera correspondent Imran Khan reported that the curfews are generally working."The protesters have been trying to gather in different areas of Baghdad throughout the day, but every time they reach crowds of 50 to 60 people, the security forces disperse them. The government hasn't indicated when the curfew will be lifted."
Iraqi men carry a wounded protester during clashes amidst demonstrations against state corruption, failing public services, and unemployment in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's central Tayeran Square on October 3, 2019. Iraqi security forces fired live rounds early Thursday to break up protests held for a third day in Baghdad, an AFP photographer said, despite a curfew in effect since dawn.
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