BREAKING: One protester was killed and 32 wounded in clashes on a strategic Baghdad bridge, Iraqi security and medical officials say.
Iraqi security and medical officials say a protester has been killed by a direct hit to the head from a tear gas cannister amid fresh clashes on a strategic Baghdad bridge.
Ahrar Bridge leads to the other side of the Tigris River near the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government. Demonstrators had taken control of these bridges earlier this month but were later repelled when security forces took harsh suppressive measures.Anti-government protesters in Iraq have closed some roads in response to a call for a strike from an influential cleric.
Protesters in Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City neighborhood on Sunday blocked roads in an effort to keep employees from getting to their workplaces, snarling traffic in some areas.
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