Parliamentary delegation arrives in Dhi Qar to investigate Tuesday's violence against demonstrators

Shafaq News/ A delegation from the Iraqi parliament's defense and security committee arrived in southern Dhi Qar earlier today, Thursday, to investigate the violence that followed Tuesday's protests in the governorate's capital city, Nasiriyah, and left a person killed and scores injured.

A spokesperson to the local government, Hasan Hamad, said that the committee rapporteur, Khalid Obaidi, arrived in Nasiriyah along with a group of his colleagues to collect first-hand information about the unfortunate events.

Yesterday, Iraq's Minister of Interior, Abdul-Amir al-Shammari, dismissed the head of the governorate's police department in the aftermath of clashes between the demonstrators and law enforcement earlier this week.

The ministry said in a statement that Brigadier-General Maki Manna' was assigned to the duties of Dhi Qar's police chief in lieu.