Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The violence is officially 78 dead

The violence in Tunisia during the popular revolt that precipitated the fall of the regime of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Friday, Jan. 14, were 78 dead and 94 wounded, according to the Interior Minister, Ahmed Fria. The previous official death toll, announced on January 11 before the change of power, reported 21 dead.

The unrest left at least 66 deaths announced on his side last week the president of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Souhayr Belhassen. Most victims were killed during the fierce police repression of the uprising that began in mid-December in the central west of the country disinherited.

Police fired live bullets at demonstrators on several occasions. Speaking on state television, the interior minister said Monday that "several" members of the security forces were among the victims. But he did not say whether they had been killed during clashes with demonstrators, or whether they fell under the bullets of armed militiamen loyal to the former strongman of the country since his flight to Saudi Arabia on Friday.

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