Police and medics say Iraqi forces shot dead three anti-government protesters, adding to the hundreds killed in weeks of unrest
, as a rights group warned a deadly crackdown could spiral into a"bloodbath."
Protesters had gathered on a bridge in the city and security forces shot live ammunition to disperse them, the sources said. More than 100 other people were wounded in clashes in Nassiriya, they said. The violence shattered a day of relative calm. Unrest erupted in Baghdad on October 1 with protests over lack of jobs and services that spread across the capital and much of southern Iraq.
The committee said snipers were active near protest sites and hunting rifles were used against demonstrators as well.Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi's government has taken some measures to try to quell unrest including handouts to the poor and job opportunities for college graduates, but has failed to keep up with growing demands of demonstrators who are now calling for an overhaul of Iraq's sectarian political system and the departure of its entire ruling elite.
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