Iraq protest toll reaches 60 dead, including 18 in Baghdad: authorities

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Iraqi protesters take part in a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services, and unemployment, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s central Khellani Square on October 4, 2019. – Iraqi security forces said “unidentified snipers” killed four people across the capital Baghdad today, the fourth day of violent anti-government protests. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — At least 60 people have died over four days of bloody protest across Iraq, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said late Friday, in figures that include 18 deaths registered at a single hospital in the capital Baghdad.

The Commission did not specify how many were civilians or security forces. With more than 1,600 people wounded, the toll may rise further.

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