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Shots fired as Iraq protesters defy curfew

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AFP Baghdad
Last Updated : Oct 03 2019 | 12:50 PM IST

Iraqi security forces fired live rounds early Thursday to break up protests help for a third day in Baghdad despite a curfew in effect since dawn.

A few dozen protesters were burning tyres in the capital's central Tahrir Square but riot police encircled them, pushed them into side streets and fired in the air, the photographer said.

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First Published: Oct 03 2019 | 12:50 PM IST

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