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| Tunisia: 42 dead in a fire at a prison in Monastir |
| 2011-01-16 |
| [Ennahar] At least 42 prisoners have died in the fire Saturday in a prison in Monastir, central eastern Tunisia, told AFP a doctor at the local hospital. "Thirty-one bodies were transported to the morgue and eleven followed," said Dr. Ali Chatli, chief of forensic medicine at the hospital Fatouma Bourguiba in Monastir (160 km south of Tunis) He said that all victims of the first group were identified and that the 11 had just arrived. This is the deadliest incident since the beginning, a month ago, of riots that led to the escape Friday of former head of state Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Can't seem to find any more on this. What sort of prisoners - general or political (religious)? Was the fire intentional or accidental? The result of riots (implied but not stated)? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-01-16 09:39 |