An Iraqi protester chants slogans during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment at Tayaran square in Baghdad on October 2, 2019. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
HILLA, Iraq: Eleven people were killed during protests overnight in two southern Iraqi cities, including a policeman, police and medical sources said.
Seven protesters and the policeman died in Nassiriya during clashes between demonstrators and security forces. Four more people were killed in the city of Amara, the sources said. (Reporting by Ali Hafthi; Writing by John Davison; Editing by Kim Coghill)
