Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed; Protests Continue

by | Jul 28, 2020 | 0 comments

At least four people were killed and 39 were wounded:

In Baghdad, one person was killed and 13 were wounded in ongoing protests in Tahrir Square; the man died when a tear gas canister hit him in the head.

An attack in Hit left an officer dead and two soldiers wounded. A brigadier general was killed during a subsequent search for the perpetrators.

Near the Ahrar border crossing with Saudi Arabia, militant killed a border guard and wounded four more.

Twenty people were injured in protests in Najaf.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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