Demonstrations of government corruption and unemployment continued in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and 44 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured by the 4th due to clashes with security forces. Reuters communication etc. reported. Iraq declared the extermination of the Islamic State (IS) at the end of 2017, but the reconstruction has not progressed as expected, and there have been calls for the government to resign.
According to local media and AP communication, the demonstration started on Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad on the 1st, and 1,000 people gathered at the SNS call. Some become mob by igniting tires and garbage. Security forces are responding with tear gas, water discharge, and live ammunition. Demonstrations have spread to the south such as Nasiriyah and Basra, and some have been banned from going out.
In Baghdad, a ban on going out was issued early in the morning on the 3rd. According to the local assistant of the Asahi Shimbun, a checkpoint was set up on the main road in Baghdad, and security forces were deployed. It is in a state where it cannot move freely. The media reported by the Arab media also shows that the demonstrators escaped all at once, and the wounded were being transported by an ambulance. The internet is blocked except in some areas.
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