Thread by @ThomasVLinge

#Iraq 🇮🇶: since last night government forces have launched a very violent crackdown in #Nasiriyah, killing over a dozen protesters.

Footage shows soldiers opening fire in the city this morning

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protesters getting gunned down in #Nasiriyah

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protesters remain in the streets of #Nasiriyah, undeterred by a brutal crackdown of the government

#Iraq 🇮🇶: from a field hospital in #Nasiriyah

#Iraq 🇮🇶: an family in #Nasiriyah is inconsolable as they find their son, killed while protesting the government

#Iraq 🇮🇶: tribal fighters are setting up roadblocks around #Nasiriyah to prevent the army from sending reinforcements into the city.

The death toll of today's slaughter is now up to 25

#Iraq 🇮🇶: #Nasiriyah tribal fighters are taking over the roads in and out of the city

#Iraq 🇮🇶: chaotic situation outside of the hospital in #Nasiriyah as more death and wounded are being brought in

#Iraq 🇮🇶: #Nasiriyah mourns its death today

#Iraq 🇮🇶: dozens of protesters from #Kut have entered #Nasiriyah to support the young activists still out in the streets of the city

#Iraq 🇮🇶: people in #Nasiriyah are flocking to field hospitals today to donate blood for the hundreds of wounded protesters, shot by the government