KARBALA, Iraq

At least 20 demonstrators were killed and more than 600 others injured Tuesday when Iraqi forces attempted to break a protest camp in the southern city of Karbala, according to local media.

A security source earlier said anti-riot police moved to disperse “an unlicensed sit-in” in central Karbala.

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