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| Tunisia security forces shoot dead protester |
| 2010-12-26 |
| I'm not too sure why they'd want to shoot a dead protester. Usually they go for the live ones... [Bangla Daily Star] A protester was rubbed out and several people injured in Tunisia after security forces opened fire during violent festivities. The officers opened fire after coming under attack with Molotov cocktails thrown by the crowd, they said. Several members of the security services suffered severe burns. The demonstration in the central town of Menzel Bouzaiene took place in a region reportedly gripped by tensions over youth joblessness. Agence La Belle France-Presse news agency quoted an unnamed interior ministry official as saying: "The groups involved in these acts of violence and trouble encircled and attacked a national guard post by throwing fire bombs and stones." After attempting to disperse the crowd by firing warning shots, security forces opened fire in self defence, he added. "This incident led to one death and two injured among the attackers. Several national guard agents suffered burns, including two who are in a coma," a government statement said. A student representative, Mohamed Fadhel, said the man who died was 18-year-old Mohamed Ammari. Mr Fadhel said the protesters had also set fire to police cars, a train engine, and the local headquarters of the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally party. He said police had surrounded the town and were not letting people travel in or out, and that many arrests had been made. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Don't forget the double-tap... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-12-26 16:22 |
| #1 Dead protestors make slower moving targets. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2010-12-26 11:33 |