.- At least five people were killed and 50 others were injured after fresh protests last night at El Kef, in the northwest of the capital, according to EFE reported to police and union sources said. Four of these people died in El Kef and 50 injured in clash between police forces and demonstrators, told Reuters a member of the local police.
About a thousand people demonstrated yesterday in front of the central police station of El Kef demanding the dismissal of the chief of police "for abuse of power." Members of the police stationed at the police station "opened fire on demonstrators to repel the assault," the source said.
A 19 and a man aged 46 died at the scene and two died en route to the hospital that received at least fifty wounded, he added. The protesters rioted until last night when five cars and three trucks were still burning in the central police station parking lot. On the other hand, one person was killed yesterday in Kebili a result of further clashes between protesters and security forces, Reuters reported today to local union sources.
The victim, a 18 year old, died after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired at close range. A thousand people in the southern city of Kebili demonstrated to prevent access to the building of governance to the new regional governor appointed by the prime minister, Mohamed Gannouchi, last Thursday.
The protesters accuse the new governor of "corrupt and mismanagement when he served in the region of Kaserín during the regime of Ben Ali," the sources said. They also prevented journalists from the national television broadcast the inauguration of the governor "because they believe that television is still in the hands of the same journalists who supported Ben Ali." At least three journalists were injured in the confrontation with the demonstrators.
The sources reported that "the manifestation rejected everything about the previous regime, continues today in a less violent than yesterday, but this morning they have been burned three in the National Guard and the governor's palace." It is the third time there is unrest in the southern regions since Friday, when two young Sidi Bouzid were burned in the local police cells by elements close to the old party of Ben Ali, as noted by the Tunisian Interior Minister, Farhat Rajhi, a television program. 
About a thousand people demonstrated yesterday in front of the central police station of El Kef demanding the dismissal of the chief of police "for abuse of power." Members of the police stationed at the police station "opened fire on demonstrators to repel the assault," the source said.
A 19 and a man aged 46 died at the scene and two died en route to the hospital that received at least fifty wounded, he added. The protesters rioted until last night when five cars and three trucks were still burning in the central police station parking lot. On the other hand, one person was killed yesterday in Kebili a result of further clashes between protesters and security forces, Reuters reported today to local union sources.
The victim, a 18 year old, died after being hit in the head by a tear gas canister fired at close range. A thousand people in the southern city of Kebili demonstrated to prevent access to the building of governance to the new regional governor appointed by the prime minister, Mohamed Gannouchi, last Thursday.
The protesters accuse the new governor of "corrupt and mismanagement when he served in the region of Kaserín during the regime of Ben Ali," the sources said. They also prevented journalists from the national television broadcast the inauguration of the governor "because they believe that television is still in the hands of the same journalists who supported Ben Ali." At least three journalists were injured in the confrontation with the demonstrators.
The sources reported that "the manifestation rejected everything about the previous regime, continues today in a less violent than yesterday, but this morning they have been burned three in the National Guard and the governor's palace." It is the third time there is unrest in the southern regions since Friday, when two young Sidi Bouzid were burned in the local police cells by elements close to the old party of Ben Ali, as noted by the Tunisian Interior Minister, Farhat Rajhi, a television program.
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