About 50 unemployed workers had gathered outside the local government offices in the town demanding to see the governor to voice their anger about lack of jobs, union worker Imed Bedoui said.
When he refused to meet them, they tried to storm the building and soldiers opened fire.
"Soldiers fired to disperse the demonstrators and some people were injured, one seriously," Bedoui said by phone.
"He was hit in the chest. I took him myself to hospital. He was in very serious condition."

Government officials were not immediately reachable for comment.(*)
(U.KR-IFB/M016)
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