Western witnesses said the police fired last Thursday on demonstrators who burned a police station and vehicles in the temple square.

North, burning vehicles littered the highway.

That explosion, apparently by a bomb made of mortar shells, killed the Palestinian driver, injuring three people and burning several vehicles.

The standoff ignited five days of protests by Protestants in which they blocked roads all across the province, burned vehicles and attacked the police.

Militants believed to include Communist rebels burned 23 buses, passenger jeeps and other vehicles during the labor unrest.

Protesters burned several government offices and vehicles.

The protesters burned several vehicles and hurled stones at police who were trying to control the mob.

Protesters burned vehicles, set fire to gasoline stations and attacked election offices in a number of cities and towns, witnesses said.

The protesters, who blocked off the District center, proceeded to burn several vehicles, as well as a newly-built school.

The police said the crowd had been burning vehicles, setting fire to trash and throwing firebombs and stones.