A view from the bridge: Iraq's protesters under fire


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Nov 2019

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators take cover in front of Iraqi security forces at Al Jumhuriya bridge during anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ali says he has seen more than 50 people killed in front of him since anti-government protests began in Iraq last month.

"The first one was shocking - he was someone I knew, and they shot him in the chest," said Ali, in his early 20s and from Baghdad's low-income Sadr City district.

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