Eight killed in Iraq clashes over farmland

Kut, Iraq (AFP) May 4, 2022

At least eight people were killed in armed clashes in southern Iraq Wednesday when arguments over the ownership of agricultural land turned deadly, officials said. The fighting broke out in Maysan province, with the violence centred in a village some 70 kilometres (45 miles) south of provincial capital Amarah. Mohammed al-Saray, a forensics department official in Amarah, said eight peopl