Kurdes : affrontements à سلێمانی Sulaimanyiah – 17 avril 2011

31 hurt in Iraq clashes with protesters

AFP

17 04 2011

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Thirty-one people were injured, seven of them by live bullets, as demonstrators clashed with security forces in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah on Sunday, a medical official said.

« There were seven policemen and 24 demonstrators among the injured, including seven protesters wounded by live bullets, » said Ricot Hama Rashid, director of the city’s main hospital.

Two local journalists were also among those hurt in the clashes which broke out after protesters blocked the main Mowlawi street in the Kurdish city, 240 kilometres (170 miles) north of Baghdad.

The city has seen nearly daily demonstrations since mid-February.

Protesters have been calling for an end to official corruption, resignation of the regional government and an investigation into the deaths of three young demonstrators in clashes with security forces in February. Read more…