Iraq: Over 100 Protesters Killed & Wounded In Fresh String Of Gun Violence

At least 25 anti-government protesters died and around 130 more were wounded when their protest camp came under an unidentified gunmen attack in the capital city of Iraq on Friday. The scene of violence kicked off after anonymous assailants showered the demonstrators camp with bullets, resulted in mortalities and injuries among the ranks of protesters in the city of Baghdad. A peaceful rally turned into violence at the night time when gunmen on Cars, pickups, and trucks sprayed the demonstrators sit in with automatic guns. The bloody onslaught caused hundreds of people to flee the scene, with teenagers at the camp separated from the elders in chaos local media reported. Most of the victims were identified as Shia Muslims, supporters of pre-eminent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's had been fighting against corrupt and unassembled Iraqi government since October 1, 2019. Muqtada al-Sadr is a head of the Iraqi communists' political party (Sairoon). Sairoon had acquired 54 seats in Iraq’s national parliamentary elections held in May 2018, while the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Masoud al-Barzani won only 25 seats in the Iraqi parliament.