BAGHDAD/NAJAF,
Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 45
protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against the Tehran-backed authorities.
At least 29 people died in the southern city of Nassiriya when troops opened
fire on demonstrators who blocked a bridge before dawn on Thursday and later gathered outside a
police station.
Four people were killed in Baghdad, where security forces opened fire with live ammunition and rubber bullets against protesters near a bridge over the Tigris river, the sources said, and twelve died in clashes in Najaf.