This is an entry from: LIVE: Tense calm returns to Baghdad after sit-ins cleared
Heavy fire towards the Green Zone
29 August 2022 23:31 BST
Intense fire - from automatic rifles, vehicle-mounted guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars - has targeted the Green Zone for hours.
It is not known how many causalties there are, but several federal police officers have been wounded, including the federal police chief.
The people of the Qadisiyah complex, which is part of the Green Zone, where many families of MPs and senior officials live, are trapped inside and are demanding a temporary ceasefire to allow them to leave.