Baku-APA. Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who stormed into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone and entered at least one government building, witnesses said, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Dozens of people incurred injuries from tear gas and live fire, witnesses said.
The thousands of protesters included supporters of powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and people from other groups upset with the government's failure to approve anti-corruption reforms and provide security.
The government imposed a curfew on Baghdad in response to the violence at the Green Zone, which houses parliament, government buildings and many foreign embassies.
A Reuters witness said the protesters were stopped at the gate of the cabinet building but witnesses later said they had entered.
Unverified online photos showed protesters holding Iraqi flags and flashing peace signs in front of the insignia of the prime minister's press office and inside a meeting room.
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