Saleh calls for investigation into the use of violence against demonstrators and security forces

Baghdad, (ST) – Iraqi President Barham Saleh has stressed the need to follow up investigation to know the perpetrators of violence against demonstrators and security forces.

The Joint Operations Command in Iraq announced the death of 104 people, including eight members of the security forces, and the injury of 6,000 others during the demonstrations, indicating the presence of malicious hands behind the violence and stressing that there are investigations to find out who targeted them.

“Investigative procedures should be followed up to find out who used violence against demonstrators and security forces”, Saleh was quoted by the Iraqi News Agency as saying during a meeting yesterday with Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbousi and the head of the judiciary council, Faiq Zeidan. The meeting focused on the issue of combating corruption and protecting journalists.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi Security and Defense Committee warned of the existence of sleeper cells and organized gangs that may be active in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in the coming era.

The Operations Command of the Iraqi capital Baghdad has announced the arrest of a number of people among the demonstrators who planned to cause chaos and were carrying Molotov cocktails during the recent demonstrations.

Raghda Sawas