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Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad's Green Zone riots

Anti-government protesters carry a man injured during the storming of Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq May 20, 2016.

BAGHDAD: At least four anti-government protesters were killed and 90 injured when security forces ejected them from Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, hospital sources said on Saturday.

Iraqi security forces used live ammunition, rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas on Friday to dislodge the demonstrators from the central district which houses government buildings, parliament and many foreign embassies.

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