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At least eleven people were killed and 160 injured in clashes recorded this Monday in the city center. Baghdad. It all started after the statement of an influential Shiite cleric Muqtada as-Sadrwho retires from political life in Iraq.
Most of the dead are demonstrators linked to al-Sadr, who confirmed police allegations in the Iraqi capital’s green zone, where major institutions are located, according to the official NINA news agency.
security forces in Iraq They used tear gas as well as live ammunition to hold back the demonstrators before political leaders call for restraint on all sides. Among the institutions searched was the building that houses the prime minister’s office.
Authorities have imposed a curfew to try to contain this wave of violence, which has also spread to other parts of Iraq. In Basra, groups of protesters also stormed public buildings, according to NINA.
Al-Sadr, who spent weeks mobilizing hundreds of thousands of his supporters in Baghdad and twice captured parliament, demanded new elections after ten months of failing to form a government.
Hundreds of al-Sadr supporters invaded the Palace of the Republic, where the Council of Ministers is located. Protesters occupied offices, sitting in chairs or taking selfies, while security forces tried to disperse other protesters with tear gas at the entrances to the Green Zone, where the headquarters of the institutions and the US embassy are located.
The Iraqi army declared a nationwide curfew and security forces cordoned off the capital. In Washington, the White House called the situation “worrisome” and called for calm and dialogue in the face of a wave of violence.
Muqtada as-Sadr and the Coordination Framework provides for holding early elections. But Al-Sadr is pushing for the dissolution of parliament, while his rivals want to appoint a government first.
Protesters against the appointment of a prime minister
Dozens of citizens, supporters of the influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, stormed Iraq’s parliament building last July to protest a rival political party’s candidacy for prime minister. However, the protesters left the building after an address by the Shiite leader.
“The protesters entered the parliament building after entering the green zone,” the INA news agency reported, referring to the fortified area of Baghdad, which houses large government buildings as well as foreign embassies.
(According to Europa Press and AFP)
Source: RPP
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