The head of UN team to investigate human rights in Tunisia, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, said that 219 people were killed and 510 injured during the riots that led to the fall of dictator Tunisia Ben Ali on 14 January. The UN figures contrast with those provided by the recently ousted former Tunisian Interior Minister, Ahmed Fria, who had set the number of victims of the revolution 78.
The interim government has not increased the numbers of Fria. In a press conference, Bacre Ndiaye, has specified that 147 people died in the riots started in mid-December and 72 in fires unleashed in four prisons. Ndiaye noted that these figures are still "tentative" and that the UN is continuing its investigations.
In previous releases this agency had placed the death toll at "at least 100." The interim government led by Mohamed Ghanuchi is committed to investigating each of the deaths that have occurred during the riots and to compensate affected families. 
The interim government has not increased the numbers of Fria. In a press conference, Bacre Ndiaye, has specified that 147 people died in the riots started in mid-December and 72 in fires unleashed in four prisons. Ndiaye noted that these figures are still "tentative" and that the UN is continuing its investigations.
In previous releases this agency had placed the death toll at "at least 100." The interim government led by Mohamed Ghanuchi is committed to investigating each of the deaths that have occurred during the riots and to compensate affected families.
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