UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – According to the UN office, four protesters were killed and up to 200 injured after security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition on demonstrators last week, while some 200 people were reportedly arrested in connection with the protest. The protestors were reportedly unarmed.
“We urge the Iraqi Government to immediately conduct an independent, transparent and effective investigation into the use of force by security forces against protesters outside the Green Zone in Baghdad last Friday,” OHCHR spokesman Rupert Colville said in briefing notes published on the agency's website.
The Green Zone, where the clashes broke out, houses Prime Minister Haider Abadi’s headquarters and foreign embassies and is heavily protected by Iraqi enforcement units.
Abadi's spokesman, Saad Hadithi, said Sunday that Iraqi security forces have not used combat weapons against the demonstrators and have not been involved in fatalities.
