Three killed in clashes in Iraq after cleric’s followers storm protest camp ...Egypt

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NASIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday, and at least three people were killed and dozens wounded in the clashes, a Reuters witness and a medical source said. Followers of Sadr carrying pictures of the cleric marched to the central al-Haboubi square, where anti-government protesters have held a sit-in since 2019, after Friday prayers. They fired gunshots and threw petrol bombs at the protesters’ tents, leading the protesters to fight back, the Reuters witness said. A hospital source said the protesters died from bullet wounds. The clashes were still going on on Friday evening.

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