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The streets of Abbotabad are currently thronged with the workers of Tehreek Sooba Hazara vehemently staging protest demonstrations despite the promulgation of Section-144 in the city, Geo News reported Monday.The protesters took in siege the Cantt Police station and pelted it with stones; however, at least eight people were injured when police retaliated. Mansehra Road is without traffic even after the lapse of the over two hours because of the rampant violence.  Meantime, several people went unconscious when police resorted to tear-gassing in a bid to break up the demonstrators at Fawwarah Chawk. In Mansehra also, the student organizations blocked Kashmir Road at Garhi Habibullah while staging protest demo there. The workers of Hazara Prov ince Movement reached Fawwara Chawk in defiance of Section-144 in force in Abbotabad and choked Murree Road near Grid Station. Later on, police shelled the protesters with tear-gas which led several into unconsciousness. Heavy contingents of additional police from Mardan, Swabi and other nearby areas have been deployed in Abbotabad areas. The Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) are persistently on patrol in the city. However, the hide-and-seek is on the go between demonstrators and police amid various roads of the city blocked and tyres set ablaze on city streets. According to Hazara Province Movement leader Sardar Hyder Zaman, the workers will at all costs arrive at Fawwarah Chawk to protest there against Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw and in favour of Hazarah province.