Nasiriyah: Two demonstrators were shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Thursday, medics and security sources told AFP, as a crackdown on anti-government sit-ins began there.
Another 20 people were wounded, including two in critical condition, when security forces retook a pair of bridges in the city that protesters had occupied for several days.
Southern Iraq and the capital Baghdad have been gripped by nearly two months of rallies demanding a deep-rooted overhaul of the ruling system, seen as corrupt and inefficient.
Source: AFP