Monday, February 7, 2011

Tension rises renewed fighting in Tunisia, a victim

TUNIS - Back to up the voltage in Tunisia, and there is another victim: a man was killed in Kebili, a town about 400 km from the capital Tunis, during a rally resulted in clashes with the police. The man was hit by a tear gas canister while, along with other demonstrators, protesting against the appointment of the new governor of the region.

Little is served to suspend the activities and close the offices of the RCD, the party of deposed President Ben Ali, as decided by the government just to calm the situation. A Kef, in the north of the country, demonstrators stormed and torched the headquarters of the Prefecture. A revolt, today, following clashes yesterday consumatisi in the same city, during which four people died and another twenty were injured.

The clashes between demonstrators and police began yesterday after the protest has shifted under the local prefecture. The protesters, several hundred locals, demanding the dismissal of the Tunisian town police chief accused of abuse of power. People gathered under the prefecture yesterday, tried to attack the seat of the government after the local chief of police has slapped a protester.

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