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Hundreds attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over Quran burning

Followers of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr protest on Tahrir Square near Baghdad's Green Zone a day after an alleged burning of the Quran in Copenhagen [Murtaja Lateef/AFP]

Hundreds of people in Baghdad have attempted to storm the city’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area with a number of foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government.

Nearly 1,000 protesters were dispersed by security forces early on Saturday, in reaction to reports of a Quran burning that took place a day earlier by a far-right group in front of the Iraqi embassy in Denmark.

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