FILE PHOTO: A member of security forces tries to protect himself amid a clash with demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Baghdad, Iraq May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is outraged that peaceful Iraqi demonstrators demanding reform were met with threats and "brutal violence," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement on Thursday.
One person died and several were injured on Tuesday when Iraqi security forces fired live rounds in the air to disperse anti-government protests in central Baghdad, according to security and medical sources.
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