Iraq Election; Fire was Plot to Harm Country’s democracy – says Abadi

A fire has been brought under control at Iraq’s biggest ballot paper storage warehouse after calls for an election recount.

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A fire has been brought under control at Iraq’s biggest ballot paper storage warehouse after calls for an election recount.
Votes for the eastern district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, were being held in the depot.

According to officials, some ballot boxes could have been in a warehouse that burnt down but most were safe.
An interior ministry spokesman told Reuters news agency the blaze had been confined to one of four warehouses.

Iraqi authorities have not commented on whether they think the blaze was caused deliberately, Mr Abadi described it as a “plot to harm the nation and its democracy”.