Iraqi PM calls for investigation after two protesters killed in Baghdad
The prime minister said security forces have 72 hours to finish their investigation into the protester deaths.
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has ordered the country’s security forces to investigate the deaths of two anti-government protesters killed in central Baghdad late Sunday.
Crowds at the Sunday demonstration, which started in the capital’s Tahrir Square and continued to nearby Tayaran Square, protested ongoing electricity shortages, according to Reuters. A security force told the news agency that as security forces fired tear gas, protesters responded with stones and petrol bombs.
Iraqi security forces have "72 hours to reveal the results and outcomes of the investigations of the Sunday night incident," said Kadhimi on state television Monday, according to Rudaw.
“Every bullet directed at our youth and our people while demanding their rights is a bullet directed at our dignity and principles,” he said.
