UPDATE: Police officer and a protester killed in southern Iraq, officials say, bringing death toll in two days of violent protests to seven
For a second day, angry crowds had gathered across Iraqi cities to protest unemployment, corruption and poor public services, in a rare leaderless movement.
Both were shot dead in the city of Nasiriyah but it was unclear who fired at them, regional health chief Abdulhussein al Jaberi said.Al Jaberi, the health chief for Dhi Qar province, told AFP news agency that another five protesters and 11 security force members were wounded in the latest clashes. On Tuesday, security forces in Baghdad confronted crowds with water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and live fire, leaving two dead and more than 200 wounded.The violence prompted frantic calls for calm from Iraq's president and the United Nations, but protesters descended into the streets again on Wednesday.
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