Protesters storm Baghdad's Green Zone and break into Iraq's parliament
Protesters loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday for the second time in just under a month, multiple outlets are reporting.
The protesters, many of them masked, have apparently managed to break into Iraq's parliament, and are raiding the office of Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Iraqi authorities have implemented a mandatory curfew in response to the breach, and have reportedly shut down all entrances into the capitol.
Sadrist protesters break into building of prime ministry and office of prime minister in Baghdad's Green Zone. #Iraq pic.twitter.com/jUqlWEF9uU
Meet the new Iraqi cabinet. Council of Ministers meeting room, a few hours earlier today. #Iraq pic.twitter.com/NL5061clZa
Protesters are demanding reforms that would replace a political class selected according to Iraqis' sect and ethnicity - a "quota system" implemented by the US-led coalition after the invasion - with technocrats chosen solely for their professional qualifications.
In Iraq security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad's Green Zone and a curfew is imposed #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/vokJPpVGNo
Situation slipping out of control in #Baghdad. Heavily-armed militias on maximum state of alert. Some already deployed. Curfew imposed.
The Reuters witness said some protesters had tried to reach the cabinet building but were stopped at the gate. They chanted: "Oh army, the country is hurt! Don't side with the corrupt!"
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