One person was killed in violent protests in northwest Pakistan's Upper Dir area today, taking to two the number of people killed over the film. One person had been killed in Karachi yesterday during anti-US protests.
In today's incident, a man was killed and two more were injured in a reported exchange of fire with police during a protest in Upper Dir district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the northwest.
A mob of nearly 1,000 people also set on fire a press club and a police station during the protest.
In Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, thousands of students and teachers joined several protests against the anti-Islam film.
The protesters shouted slogans against the US, burnt American flags and blocked roads by setting tyres on fire.
Members of the Islami Jamiat Talaba, the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, were among those who joined the protests.
The demonstrators also called for the film to be banned.
The protests, which began on Friday, spread to northwest Pakistan today.
In Karachi, protesters clashed with police for a second day today as they tried to march to the US consulate, and several protesters and policemen were injured along with damage to property.
The students wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami took out the protest rally and protesters tried to enter the Mai Kolachi road on which the US consulate is located through a residential area after police had blocked all roads and access points. The residents of the area too joined in the protests. (MORE)
