Shafaq News/ The number of people injured in the ranks of demonstrators has raised, on Saturday, during an attempt to cross al-Jomhoriya Bridge, in the center of Baghdad.

Shafaq News reporter said that the number of casualties rose to more than 25 injures as a result of security forces using tear gas and live bullets against the demonstrators, who are trying to cross al-Jomhoriya Bridge towards the Green Zone.

He pointed out that five snipers topped the building of the Ministry of Planning adjacent near al-Jomhoriya Bridge from Karkh side.