Violence demonstration in Baghdad

baghdad - At least four demonstrators and a policeman were killed Saturday came by violence during a demonstration of supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. That said the governor of Baghdad at the station al-Jazeera. Certainly 320 demonstrators and four policemen were injured.

The police tried to prevent the demonstrators marched to the Green Zone, a highly secure area in central Baghdad where government offices, foreign embassies and international organizations are located. The police used tear gas and rubber bullets while. According to the Interior Ministry were found at the demonstrators firearms and knives.

The demonstrators demanded that the provincial elections in September changes are made to the Central Election Commission. According to al-Sadr are its members too much on the basis of his Shiite rival, former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.