STEEMIT NWES : «Bloodbath» continues in Iraq… and militias kidnap 100 demonstrators

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On the repression and arrests continued on Sunday, demonstrations against the authority in Iraq, while the Interior Ministry announced that the death toll reached 104, accusing «malicious hands» targeting protesters, officials confirmed the killing of 5 demonstrators and wounding 17 others During protests east of Baghdad.

Security forces arrested dozens of demonstrators on Saadoun Street in Baghdad.
A security source also said that hundreds of protesters staged a protest in Hamza Square in Sadr City, east of Baghdad, where security forces opened fire to disperse them, resulting in injuries among the demonstrators.

The Ministry of Interior accuses «malicious hands»… and a government grant of $ 150 per unemployed

Protests also renewed in the city of Nasiriyah, the center of Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq, amid attempts by security forces to disperse the demonstrators. An eyewitness said dozens of protesters gathered in al-Haboubi Square in the center of Nasiriyah in preparation for the demonstration.
He added that the security forces deployed heavily in the center of the city, tried to disperse them and prevent the continued rally, pointing out that this did not prevent the flow of protesters on the scene.
Nassiriya witnessed a tumultuous night, where protesters set fire to offices and offices of armed parties and factions in the Popular Mobilization, amid heavy gunfire, killing and wounding. The offices of the Communist Party, the stream of wisdom, the rule of law, the Virtue Party, Khurasani and the Badr Organization were burned down.
In Diwaniya, five demonstrators were injured after security forces fired live bullets in the province.
Iraqi activists said demonstrators in Baghdad and the southern provinces were subjected to genocide, systematic killings and arrests by militias.
They said the militias were hunting and abducting the protesters, noting that there were 100 protesters.
Activist Hassan Ali told Al-Quds Al-Arabi that "security forces and militias arrested thousands of demonstrators and put them in prisons and detention centers because they were exercising their legitimate right to demonstrate peacefully and claim their rights."
According to the source «among those abducted by the militias more than 100 activists of the leaders in the demonstrations, their fate is still unknown, did not know where they are now».
In parallel, the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced the death toll of the protests. This came at a press conference for the spokespersons of the ministries of defense, interior, health and joint operations in Iraq.
Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan said that the number of people killed in the protests reached 104, including members of the security forces, and the number of injured demonstrators and security forces reached 6107.
He said 51 public buildings and eight political party headquarters had been burned by demonstrators. He added «there are malicious hands behind the targeting of protesters, and investigations are continuing to reveal the identity of snipers who targeted demonstrators».

In a measure aimed at absorbing popular protests in Iraq and seducing protesters with some bribes, the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided on Saturday evening to grant 150,000 unemployed people who are unable to work, a monthly grant of 175,000 dinars ($ 150) per person for three months, The total amount of 5.78 billion dinars.

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