Mahsa Amini: ‘Police assistant’ dead and four officers injured during more violent protests | World News
One person died on Tuesday and four policemen were injured during anti-government protests in Iran, according to reports.
The official IRNA news agency said that one “police assistant” had died of their injuries in the southern city of Shiraz and that 15 people had been arrested.
“On Tuesday night, several people clashed with police officers and as a result one of the police assistants was killed,” IRNA said. “In this incident, four other police officers were injured in Shiraz.”
Protests were held all over the country Iran from one 22 year old woman dies after she was arrested by the ethics police in Tehran and accused of violating strict rules on headscarves.
Officials say Mahsa Amini suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital, but her family blamed police for her death, and reports say she was beaten with a baton and suffered a traumatic brain injury. .
During the protest in the northern city of Sari, crowds cheered as women burned their headscarves. Protests also took place in Istanbul, Toronto and Berlin in solidarity with the Iranian protesters and Amini’s family.
People march through Istanbul in solidarity with protesters in Iran
Earlier, three people, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed during protests in Iran. One person was killed when Security forces opened fire on protesters in Saqez, Amini’s hometown, on Monday; another person died and 15 were injured in Divandarreh by “direct fire”, according to the Hengaw Human Rights Foundation; and a third person was killed in Dehgolan during clashes between police and protesters.
