According to sources, shells were launched at Baghdad’s Green Zone.
According to reports, fierce fights with medium weapons erupted within Baghdad’s Green Zone.
The Green Zone in Baghdad was also shaken by violent blasts.
According to a security source, at least seven mortar bombs fell in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Monday evening, amid confusion after Shiite leader Muqtada al-announcement Sadr’s of his retirement from politics.
So far, the source, who did not want to be identified, has been unable to offer a toll. It was also unknown who was responsible for the shelling. He also heard machine gun fire coming from the Green Zone, which houses government buildings and embassies.
This comes after it was reported that 12 Muqtada al-Sadr supporters were murdered and around 270 other protestors were injured, some of them were shot and others were harmed by inhaling tear gas.
Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the Sadrist movement, also declared a hunger strike in order to put an end to the violence and use of firearms in Iraqi rallies in many towns.
The number of clashes in Baghdad’s Green Zone grew to 12 on Monday, with scores injured, amid pandemonium after Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced his retirement from political action, sparking outrage among his fans, who besieged the government palace, while the army declared a national curfew.
According to AFP journalists, live bullets was fired at the gates to the tightly guarded area that includes government buildings and embassies.
According to medical reports, 12 Muqtada al-Sadr supporters were murdered, while 270 other protestors were injured, some by gunfire and others by breathing tear gas.
In the Green Zone, mortar shells land near the government palace.
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