Affrontements à Samarra : 8 morts – 26 février 2011

More deaths and clashes follow Iraq demonstrations

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From Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN

February 26, 2011

At least 10 people were killed, and dozens injured in a series of protests across Iraq on Friday.

Baghdad (CNN) — At least eight people were wounded Saturday in the Iraqi city of Samarra during clashes between security forces and angry mourners accompanying the caskets of two people killed in protests the day before, according to local police.

Also, two protesters critically wounded in Friday protests in Tikrit died on Saturday, police said. And a teenaged boy died Friday night during protests in Kubaisa, in Anbar province, police said Saturday.

With those deaths, the number of those reported killed in protests across the country rose to 13, according to official accounts. Read more…