Masked gunmen have ransacked the offices of multiple television stations in Baghdad, as the death toll following days of civil unrest continues to climb.
The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya said that carloads of gunmen arrived at its offices on Saturday evening, ransacked the building and beat up employees who fled. The offices of Dijla, NRT, Arabiya Hadath, Fallouja, Alghad Alaraby, Al-Sharqiya and Sky News Arabia were also reportedly targeted.
The attack on the mass media comes on the fifth-day of countrywide anti-government protests, which began last week in response to high unemployment and alleged government corruption. Protesters have called for the fall of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s year-old government, and have targeted state buildings in arson attacks.
