Parliament building vandalised in Iraq

The wreckage of a car belonging to Islamic State militants lies along a road after it was targeted by a US air strike at the entrance to the Mosul Dam, northern Iraq. Picture: Youssef Boudlal

The wreckage of a car belonging to Islamic State militants lies along a road after it was targeted by a US air strike at the entrance to the Mosul Dam, northern Iraq. Picture: Youssef Boudlal

Published Sep 2, 2014

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Baghdad - More than 100 family members of missing soldiers abducted by Islamic State in June broke into Parliament and vandalised the building on Tuesday, a witness inside told Reuters.

The relatives of soldiers taken by the militant group from Tikrit, north of Baghdad, had been scheduled to address Parliament about the fate of their loved ones.

Instead, they started to violently protest outside the building, according to witnesses, and later forced their way inside.

A witness inside Parliament said: “They broke into Parliament. They roughed up some guards and officials. They broke the equipment (inside the assembly hall).” - Reuters

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