Demonstrators wounded in clashes after protesters stormed the headquarters of the Iraqi Marines in Basra

Shafaq News/ Four protesters were injured when they stormed the headquarters of the Marine Corps Regiment in Umm Qasr in Basra.

A security source told Shafaq News that protesters stormed the military headquarters this morning to release detainees from the protesters held there, but soldiers in the regiment opened fire on the demonstrators and wounded four of them.

This took place after the fall of the wounded attacking an Iraqi force led by armored ninth division to break up a sit-in near Umm Qasr port in Basra province.

A number of protesters were injured and reports said that one of them was killed after failing to break up the sit-in, said Shafaq News reporter.

He added that the security forces withdrew into Umm Qasr port and left armored vehicles and weapons, which the protesters took over.

He said that the sit-in is continuing in front of the port gate.