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, APA reports quoting Reuters.
The sources said 14 protesters and seven members of the security forces were hurt in the clashes.
Hundreds demonstrated in Tahrir Square, shouting slogans against Iran-backed militias and accusing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's government of failing to answer for the deaths of dozens of activists shot dead in different parts of Iraq in recent months.
One protester, who gave only his first name Yousif, carried a photograph of an activist he said had been killed recently.
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