Twelve demonstrators were killed and dozens wounded late Friday after unidentified men attacked an anti-government protest camp in Baghdad, marking a new violent turn for the anti-government movement.
Iraqi supporters of the Iran-trained Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force join protesters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square in what is widely seen as an act of intimidation
At least 12 people were shot dead and dozens of others wounded, medics told AFP, expecting the toll could rise further. The new deaths bring the toll to 440 dead and 20,000 wounded since anti-government rallies erupted on October 1 in Baghdad and the Shiite-majority south. The Hashed initially backed Iraq’s government against the protests, but switched sides after an intervention by the country’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.
The daytime rallies were peaceful, attracting hundreds of clerics and officials from Shiite shrines in Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and other cities. On Friday, relatives of Zeid al-Khafaji, a 22-year-old photographer, said he had been abducted whilst returning from Tahrir.
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