By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-19 06:13:16 | Updated at 2024-10-19 08:29:55
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Supporters of pro-Iran armed groups ransacked the offices of a Saudi TV channel in Iraq early on Saturday, a security source said, after the broadcaster aired a report referring to commanders of Tehran-backed militant groups as “terrorists”.
Between 400 and 500 people attacked the Baghdad studios of Saudi broadcaster MBC after midnight.
“They wrecked the electronic equipment, the computers, and set fire to a part of the building,” an interior ministry source said on condition of anonymity.
He said the fire had been extinguished and the crowd dispersed by police.
“Security forces are still deployed near the building,” he added.
Excerpts from an MBC programme had been making the rounds on Iraqi social media, sparking angry reactions from the pro-Iran camp.
