Published 18:57 IST, December 1st 2019
Iraq protestors burn shrine entrance in holy city despite PM resignation
The protestors of Iraq have burned the entrance of shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf on Nov 30 and the security forces fired tear gas to disperse crowd.
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The protestors of Iraq have burned the entrance of a shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf on November 30 and the security forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. The demonstrators shared a video of a doorway to the Hakim shrine set on fire as protestors cheered and filmed it on their cell phones. The incident occurred during one of the deadliest weeks of Iraq's anti-government unrest that erupted last month. Widespread protests continued in the southern city of Nassiriya where protesters earlier surrounded a police station in Baghdad. The violence escalated after the Iranian consulate in Najaf was set on fire on Wednesday.
Protestors burns tires, gheraoed police station
Violent protestors burned tires and gheraoed a police station in the Southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya on November 30, according to the reports. Iraqi officials said that two protestors have been shot dead and at least 26 wounded in Baghdad and southern Iraq in continued unrest. Adel Abdul Mahdi submitted his resignation on Friday to parliament after the government has faced two months of violent widespread protests. He resigned after the country's senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric forced the lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government that has been facing weeks of deadly anti-establishment unrest.
The protestors have been protesting in Baghdad defying a curfew order introduced in late October. Protestors closed the main roads of the capital. Schools and colleges have been closed across Baghdad and various regions of Iraq and the students were seen staging sit-ins at their schools. Offices have been closed and government officers were not allowed to reach offices by the protestors. The main center of the protest has been Baghdad's central Tahrir Square. Protestors have been attempting to cross the green zone which houses government buildings and foreign embassies. Similar protests took place in the city of Kut, south-east of Baghdad.
17:12 IST, December 1st 2019