Afghan officials say five people were killed and 46 wounded during protests in the southern city of Kandahar over the reported burning of the Koran at a small church in the United States.
Zalmai Ayubi, spokesman for the governor of Kandahar Province, said the deaths occured as a crowd of hundreds of people turned violent and tried to burn vehicles and shops.
It is still unclear how the deaths and injuries occured.
The fatalities come a day after eight foreigners and four Afghans were killed when protesters stormed a UN office in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif over the same reported Koran burning.
The UN Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the April 1 killings.
The pastor of the Florida-based church, Terry Jones said he was "devastated" but did not feel responsible.
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