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| Tunisia: 3 dead in clashes on Saturday in Tunis |
| 2011-02-27 |
| [Ennahar] Three people died in festivities Saturday between demonstrators and police in downtown Tunis, said the interior ministry in a statement. The statement said "three people were killed among the twelve who have been injured in the festivities and were transferred to a hospital to be treated." The use of the term "person" suggests that this would be protesters. "Several members of security forces were maimed to varying degrees," the statement said without specifying their number. On the other hand, the statement said, "more than 100 people were nabbed on Saturday" and "88 other perpetrators of acts of vandalism were nabbed the day before", during the first festivities between police and protesters that occurred Friday in the heart of Tunis. The ministry attributed the violence against the police "to a group of agitators infiltrated the ranks of peaceful demonstrators who have used high school students as human shields to engage in acts of violence intended to spread fire terror among citizens and to the internal security forces." He calls "the population to be vigilant and urges parents to cooperate with security forces and to convince their children not to participate in these events." Previously, the ministry announced a ban on travel for pedestrians and cars on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in downtown Tunis, the scene of violent festivities, from 6:00 p.m. on Saturday until midnight Sunday, reported the TAP. The central avenue was the scene Saturday of a pitched battle between police and demonstrators, the police dispersed several times by tear gas. |
| Posted by:Fred |