6 Die As Iraqi Police Fire on Protesters

World | January 10, 2004, Saturday // 00:00

Iraqi police fired into a crowd of protesters that were throwing stones killing six people and wounding 11.They protested over the lack of jobs in the southern town of Amarah on Saturday, Hundreds of protesters gathered opposite the coalition office where British security forces have a regional headquarters, saying coalition authorities had not kept a promise to find them jobs by the beginning of January. There were conflicting reports about what led the police to fire. Some witnesses said people in the crowd shot at police first, others that the crowd was only throwing stones when police shot at them.

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