.- Several gunmen today stormed a TV station in Kurdish northern Iraq, the team shot and burned the building, apparently in retaliation for images transmitted over a protest, officials said channel. Later, about 2 000 protesters took their fourth day the streets of this Kurdish city located 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, to demand reforms and economic policies of the ruling parties that control the region.
Police and hospital managers said at least four people were injured, "two of them over balasera" after Kurdish forces fired into the air to disperse the crowd. The television attack occurred early Sunday when a group of 40 to 50 armed men wearing military-style clothing came into force in the chain's headquarters in Solimani, the spokesman said Farhang Hars.
The television executives suggested that the attack was in revenge for the transmission of images of a protest last week that killed two people. The station only had a few days the air. "The channel showed some recordings of the last demonstration in Solimani, and our work seems to upset some factions," said Abdul-Wahid Shaswar, Kurdish businessman owner of the channel, which gave no details think about who is responsible.
The prime minister of the Kurdish region, Barham Sale, condemned the attack and said it will be investigated. During the protest on Thursday, security forces fired on crowds of protesters outside the Solimani based Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Kurdish President Massoud Barzani.
Two people died and nearly 50 injured. KDP executives said that the guards were forced to defend itself, while opposition groups described it as an attack on unarmed civilians. The three provinces of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq are much better off than the rest of the country, but many Kurds are angry with the whole domain under which the two ruling parties control the economy and policy region.
During the protest on Sunday in the city center, protesters chanted "Down with the government!" and "No to corruption!". "There is no justice. ... I have nothing, but the children of political leaders have everything," said Shakhawan Ahmed, 35. 
Police and hospital managers said at least four people were injured, "two of them over balasera" after Kurdish forces fired into the air to disperse the crowd. The television attack occurred early Sunday when a group of 40 to 50 armed men wearing military-style clothing came into force in the chain's headquarters in Solimani, the spokesman said Farhang Hars.
The television executives suggested that the attack was in revenge for the transmission of images of a protest last week that killed two people. The station only had a few days the air. "The channel showed some recordings of the last demonstration in Solimani, and our work seems to upset some factions," said Abdul-Wahid Shaswar, Kurdish businessman owner of the channel, which gave no details think about who is responsible.
The prime minister of the Kurdish region, Barham Sale, condemned the attack and said it will be investigated. During the protest on Thursday, security forces fired on crowds of protesters outside the Solimani based Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Kurdish President Massoud Barzani.
Two people died and nearly 50 injured. KDP executives said that the guards were forced to defend itself, while opposition groups described it as an attack on unarmed civilians. The three provinces of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq are much better off than the rest of the country, but many Kurds are angry with the whole domain under which the two ruling parties control the economy and policy region.
During the protest on Sunday in the city center, protesters chanted "Down with the government!" and "No to corruption!". "There is no justice. ... I have nothing, but the children of political leaders have everything," said Shakhawan Ahmed, 35.
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