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At least three people have died in clashes with police in the Indian city of Bangalore overnight after a 'derogatory' Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammed sparked protests in which a police station was attacked, and a politician's house and vehicles were torched.

Unable to quell protesters using batons and tear gas, besieged officers opened fire as they risked being overpowered during the violent unrest in a Muslim-dominated neighborhood, the southern city's police chief told Reuters on Wednesday.

'Despite elders of the community trying to pacify the crowd, the mob burnt vehicles on the road, they attacked the police station,' Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said.