DHAKA: The Green Zone is a heavily equipped area of Baghdad
Calm has been restored in Baghdad; hours after security forces opened fire to stop protesters attack the Green Zone and injured dozens.

Tear gas and live bullets were fired to drive back the mainly Shia Muslim crowds, as they protested against corruption and security failures, BBC reports on Saturday (May 21).

Officials imposed a curfew in the Iraqi capital, which has now been lifted.

It was the second time this month that protester had managed to break into the city’s government area.

Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr condemned the use of force, and voiced support for the demonstrators’ ‘peaceful spontaneous revolt’.

BDST: 1301 HRS, May 21, 2016
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