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3 Iraqi Protesters Killed in Iran Consulate Attack

VOA News

   Iraqi officials said Monday security forces shot dead three protesters
   in Iraq's holy city of Karbala overnight after a group tried to scale
   the walls of the Iranian consulate.

   Protesters gathered at the site late Sunday and chanted, "Iran out,
   Karbala remains free."

   Before the shootings, officials said protesters also threw objects over
   the walls and tried to set fires at the consulate site.

   More than 250 people have been killed since protests in Iraq began last
   month.

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