Iraq: Since October, 560 protesters, police died in rallies

Iraq’s government said Thursday that since last October when anti-government protests erupted in the country, a total of 560 protesters and members of the security forces have been killed in the violence.The figure was reported by Hisham Daoud, an advisor to Iraq’s prime minister, at a press conference in Baghdad.Also Thursday, Interior Minister Othman al-Ghanimi announced the result of an investigation into the deaths of two protesters at the hands of Iraqi security forces on Sunday