Internet access has been cut off across much of Iraq including the capital Baghdad with connectivity falling below 70 percent, internet blockage observatory NetBlocks said, amid renewed anti-government protests that turned violent and spread nationwide.
Earlier on Wednesday social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as messaging application WhatsApp all appeared to be have been disabled across Iraq except in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region which has a separate internet infrastructure.
The services were only accessible by using a VPN, which effectively disguises the location of a device.
A police officer and another protester were killed on Wednesday night in southern Iraq, a health official said, bringing the death toll in two days of violent protests to seven.
Three more people were killed and at least 115 wounded in renewed nationwide clashes between demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, the largest display of public anger against PM Adil Abdul Mahdi’s year-old government.https://t.co/Hxhhb8WZiN pic.twitter.com/h3zdz8V86T
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) October 2, 2019
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