BAGHDAD, Jan 25, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Two Iraqi protesters were killed and several dozen wounded on Friday while attending an anti-government rally in the capital Baghdad, medical and police source told AFP.
One was shot by a live round in his neck and the second was hit with a military-grade tear gas canister, the sources said.
The violence came hours after thousands held an anti-US rally in the capital, which passed without incident.