Iraqi policemen killed protesters with hunting rifles: Minister

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Thu, 2020-07-30 18:24

BAGHDAD: Iraqi policemen using their own hunting rifles killed protesters in the capital Baghdad this week, the government said, adding that the perpetrators had been suspended.
“According to eyewitnesses and forensic data, hunting rifles killed” two protesters, Interior Minister Othman Al-Ghanemi told reporters on Thursday.
The minister gave the names of three policemen and displayed the arms and ammunition they had purportedly used.

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