Anti-government protesters clashed with Iraqi security forces on a third major bridge in Baghdad on Monday, with at least one protester killed and two dozen wounded as gunfire echoed through the streets. An Associated Press reporter saw dozens of protesters racing through the streets carrying several wounded people. Some protesters hurled rocks at security forces, who responded with tear gas and fired a water cannon.
The protesters have been trying to breach barricades on bridges leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the government is headquartered. They appeared to have crossed the Al-Ahrar Bridge and reached the headquarters of Iraq’s state-run TV on other side. Police and hospital officials said at least one person was killed and 24 wounded in the clashes on the bridge, where security forces used live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas grenades.