Six people have been killed after protesters in Darfur opposed to the recent peace deal between rebels and the Sudanese government clashed with police. The deadliest clashes occurred in and around camps for internally displaced persons in South Darfur state, where three civilians reportedly died in an exchange of gunfire. The clashes erupted on on Saturday after protesters beat to death a military intelligence agent inside the Kass camp, Sudan's Al Rai al-Aam daily reported. Police acting on a tip dispatched a task force to rescue the man, but the team ran into a group of protesters moving towards a nearby Africa Union (AU) camp and a gun battle ensued, the paper added.An official statement said that an old man and a child were killed in similar violence in the Abu Shouk camp on the outskirts of al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur state. "Just when North Darfur state looks forward to the peace that was signed in Abuja with joy and happiness, the enemies of peace are aspiring to stain the peace that has become a reality," the statement said.