Anti-government protests resume in Iraq after a brief lull as hundreds of security forces are deployed to keep demonstrations away from central squares in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Clashes between police and protesters killed five people in Baghdad on Saturday in a resumption of anti-government unrest, as security forces deployed in their hundreds to keep demonstrations away from central squares in the Iraqi capital.
The new clashes shattered a day of relative calm after authorities lifted a curfew and traffic moved normally in the center of the city. One square where protesters had gathered in their hundreds in previous was packed with hundreds of policemen and other security personnel. Iraqi men mourn over the coffin of a demonstrator who was killed at anti-government protests, during a funeral in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa al-MarjaniOfficials from Abdul Mahdi’s office met protest leaders from Baghdad and other provinces to discuss their demands, state television reported. Abdul Mahdi and President Barham Salih said they would seek to meet the demands, state television also reported, but gave no details how exactly they would respond.
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