Iraqi police fire water cannon to disperse protesters

Iraqi police fire water cannon to disperse protesters
Thursday 20 July 2023 - 10:22

Iraqi riot police used water cannon early Thursday to disperse protesters from Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad, an AFP photographer said, after the building was set on fire in protest of a planned Koran burning in Stockholm.

Security forces armed with electric batons chased protesters away from the embassy, the AFP photographer said.

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