TUNIS, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A protester was killed in the Al-Kamour sit-in protest, said the Tunisian radio Mosaic on Monday, citing a medical source from Tataouine hospital.
Al-Kamour is an oil-producing area in the province of Tataouine, located in southeastern Tunisia.
The private radio station reported that a second protester suffered an eye injury and was transferred to the hospital, and is currently in critical condition.
Tensions in the Al-Kamour oil zone continue to rise following clashes between protestors and security agents tasked with protecting a pump station, a local source told Xinhua.
Earlier on Monday, the protesters who have been demonstrating for several weeks now, attempted to invade Tataouine's government provincial building.
However, security forces, who have been deployed in numbers throughout the area, successfully dispersed them, added the source.
According to the same source, several protesters, suffering from tear gas asphyxiation, were transferred to Tataouine's regional hospital.
One demonstrator was struck by a security vehicle and was transferred for emergency treatment to the hospital, said the same source.
The local source also stressed the military and security units' commitment to preserve the peaceful climate of this social atmosphere.
However, eyewitnesses confirmed to Xinhua that some demonstrators attacked the security units with molotov cocktails.
