Two demonstrators killed as Iraqi police fire live shots, tear gas in Baghdad
At least two demonstrators died in Baghdad on Friday, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said, as anti-government protests resumed following the deaths of dozens earlier this month.
Iraqi police fired live shots into the air and dozens of tear gas canisters on Friday to disperse thousands of protesters on the streets of Baghdad, sending young demonstrators running for cover and covering the capital's bridge with thick white smoke.
Commission member Ali Bayati said both demonstrators appeared to have died from wounds sustained when they were hit by tear gas canisters. Nearly 100 people were wounded.
Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/10/25/Iraqi-police-fire-tear-gas-as-protesters-hit-Baghdad-streets.html
Should anyone ask, Iran (and their proxy Hezbollah, at least, in Lebanon) are probably behind the quelling of these protests, it is being done violently in Iraq, can one imagine if it broke down in Lebanon in the same way as well? It's something to watch.
