Iraqi
protesters set
fire to the entrance of a shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf on Saturday and security forces fired tear gas to disperse them,
police and a demonstrator at the scene said, risking more bloodshed after a rare day of calm.
The demonstrator sent a video to Reuters of a doorway to the Hakim shrine blazing as protesters cheered and filmed it on their mobile phones.
The incident took place during one of the bloodiest weeks of Iraq’s anti-government unrest, which erupted last month.