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At least two people have been killed and several injured in clashes with police in northern Tunisia, officials have said.

Al Jazeera sources said police fired on protesters outside a police station in the northern town of El Kef on Saturday.

The clashes were said to have been sparked after a police officer attacked a woman who had come to file a complaint.

According to local union members, the deaths came as about 300 demonstrators demanded the departure of a local police chief.

They also told the AFP news agency that protesters set the police station on fire and clashed with police who then opened fire.

Meanwhile,
Tunisian authorities arrested two policemen over suspected links to the
death of two people after a police station they were locked in caught
fire in the town of Sidi Bouzid on Friday.

It was in Sidi Bouzid
that a young man, Mohamed Bouazizi, died after setting himself on fire
on December 17, triggering the uprising that ousted former president
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

The two victims had been arrested on alcohol related charges.

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