Anti-government protesters burned down an Iranian consulate building in southern Iraq on Wednesday, while six protesters were killed by security forces who fired live rounds amid ongoing violence, Iraqi officials said.
Anti-government protesters set fire to block streets during ongoing protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019.
Protesters destroyed the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Najaf in the evening. At least 33 people were wounded when police fired live ammunition to repel them from entering the building, a police official said. Authorities declared curfew in Najaf after the incident. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Demonstrations have raged in Baghdad and across the mostly Shiite southern Iraq since Oct. 1. The protesters accuse the Shiite-led government of being hopelessly corrupt and complain of poor public services and high unemployment. At least 350 people have been killed and thousands wounded in what has become the largest grassroots protest movement in Iraq’s modern history.
Three simultaneous explosions rocked Baghdad late Tuesday, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen, Iraqi officials said, in the first apparent coordinated attack since anti-government protests erupted. The bombings took place far from Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of weeks of anti-government protests that have posed the biggest security challenge to Iraq since the defeat of the Islamic State group.
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