Baghdad ( CNN ) -- One person was killed and 57 were injured Thursday when hundreds of protesters clashed with security forces in Sulaimaniya , a city in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq , according to Dr. Raykot Hamed Salih , a health official there . Salih had reported earlier in the day that nine people were killed , but he retracted that figure . He explained to CNN that in the middle of the chaos , the emergency hospital in Sulaimaniya received a number of unconscious individuals , and doctors mistakenly thought they were dead . Dozens of protesters attacked the Kurdistan Democratic Party headquarters in the city and destroyed furniture and computers inside the building , police officials in Sulaimaniya told CNN . Witnesses told CNN that a number of Kurdish security forces , known as peshmerga , opened fire to disperse the protesters . The demonstrators were angry about corruption , the quality of basic services and unemployment , Salih said . Authorities imposed a full curfew , banning cars and pedestrians from moving around the city until 6 a.m. , police said . The Kurdistan Democratic Party is headed by the Kurdistan region 's president , Massoud Barzani , an important power broker in the region . Iraq , like many of its neighbors , has been convulsed by popular protests since demonstrations toppled the leader of Tunisia last month . A least one person was shot dead and 55 others -- including four police -- were wounded Wednesday when private security guards and Iraqi security forces fired on hundreds of demonstrators outside the governor 's office in the eastern city of Kut , health officials said . Police officials in Kut , about 65 miles ( 110 kilometers ) south of Baghdad , tell CNN that nearly 2,000 demonstrators demanded the resignation of Wasit 's provincial governor , Latif Hamed , accusing him of corruption . Some of the protesters tried to force their way inside the governor 's office , prompting private security guards to shoot at them , police said . With the shooting , the situation escalated rapidly and the protesters became angrier , Kut police said . Dozens of protesters stormed the governor 's office again and destroyed furniture inside , then set the building on fire . Another group of demonstrators went to the governor 's house and set it ablaze . Kut police tell CNN that Hamed was not in the city when protesters attacked his office and home . The protesters were heard shouting , `` Down with ( Prime Minister Nuri ) al-Maliki , down with the corruption , down with thieves . '' Others were carrying a banner that said , `` Eight years of suffering , where are your promises ? '' referring to the Iraqi government that took power after Saddam Hussein 's regime fell in 2003 . In Falluja , hundreds of protesters walked toward the city council building and the mayor 's office on Tuesday , demanding the resignation of the mayor and the head of the city council because of corruption and their inability to provide basic services to the people . For the first time since the demonstrations started across the country more than two weeks ago , Iraqiya state TV broadcast video of the Kut demonstration and urged people to protest peacefully and not to turn to violence .
They attack the headquarters of an important regional party , police say . Kurdish security forces open fire to disperse them , witnesses say . Iraq has been rocked by unrest for two weeks . Authorities impose a ban until 6 a.m .