Two Iraqi protesters killed, 25 wounded in clashes with police: sources

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two protesters were killed and 25 wounded on Friday in clashes with security forces in central Baghdad, police and medical sources said.

The police used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse a protest that broke out in the early evening at Baghdad’s Mohammed al-Qassim highway, they said.

(Reporting by Iraq staff, writing by Aziz El Yaakoubi, Editing by Catherine Evans)