Shafaq News / Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators continued on Sunday, to protest in protest arenas, despite the killing of 24 people in Baghdad by gunmen, which raises fears of escalating violence in the country.

The demonstrators flocked to the demonstration yards since the early hours of Sunday morning in both the capital, Baghdad, and the protest squares in several southern governorates, where they chanted slogans in refusal of the government silence to al-Sinak and al-Khilani massacre.

The demonstrators started since morning to cut off some streets between Al Wathba Square and Al-Khilani Square in Baghdad to announce a general strike, while middle school students gathered in Najaf in the Revolution Square, to announce their continuing strike action.

On Saturday night, the United States condemned the attack on Iraqi demonstrators in central Baghdad, which killed about 24 people.

Gunmen shot and killed demonstrators in Al-Khilani Square and Al-Senak Bridge in Baghdad on Friday.

For more than two months, Iraqis have been calling for a change in the ruling class for 16 years, accusing it of corruption, nepotism, and subordination to Iran.