Today, Saturday, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced that it had received 60 different injuries from demonstrators who were distributed to three hospitals, stressing that its agencies and staff would continue to mobilize to provide care and treatment for the wounded.
Demonstrators were injured while attempting to storm the Green Zone in central Baghdad after Iraqi security forces threw tear gas at them and used water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop them.
These clashes have resulted in injuries and cases of suffocation among the protesters, according to local media.
And local media previously cited medical sources as saying that “tear gas bombs wounded 22 people, demonstrators and security forces.” She also indicated that “some of the injuries were due to suffocation, while others were directly hit by tear gas canisters.”
