Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside the Government Headquarters in the capital Baghdad s Green Zone, on August 29, 2022. AFP
Witnesses told AFP that the shots were fired by supporters of a rival Shiite bloc, the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, hours after Sadr announced his "definitive retirement" from politics amid a protracted political crisis.
Security forces also fired tear gas to disperse the Sadrists at the entrance to the Green Zone, a security source told AFP.
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