Security Media: A protester carrying a pistol arrested after shooting at security forces in Baghdad

Shafaq News/ The security media cell announced the arrest of a demonstrator carrying a pistol in the capital Baghdad.

"The detachments of the Intelligence and Security Directorate General   managed to arrest a demonstrator in Saadoun Street / al-Nasr Square carrying a weapon (pistol) and firing on security forces and demonstrators and was handed over to Baghdad Operations Command to take legal action and refer him to justice," the cell said in a statement.

As of Friday noon, two demonstrators were killed and dozens injured, including security personnel and journalists, after tear gas was fired to disperse protesters from entering the Green Zone.