Nine killed in Tunisia riots

aljazeera.net

At least nine deaths reported as protesters clash with security forces in Tala and Kasserine.

09 Jan 2011

At least nine people have been killed in clashes with police in a two cities in Tunisia.

Six people were killed in the city of Tala, 200km southwest of the capital Tunis, on Saturday, after security forces opened fire on protestors.

Another three people were killed in similar clashes in the Kasserine region.

Six protestors in Tala were seriously wounded, according to witnesses.

Belgacem Sayhi, a teacher and trade union activist, told the AFP news agency that the victims in Tala were between 17 and 30 years old, and were killed when the police opened fire on the crowd.

An employee at a hospital in Tala told Reuters news agency that several people had been admitted to the hospital after the clashes, and other witnesses said that the six people who were in critical condition have been moved to the regional capital, Kasserine.

Witnesses said police fired their weapons after using water cannons to try to disperse a crowd which had set fire to a government building. The crowd has also thrown stones and petrol bombs at police. Read more…

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Kasserine (القصرين) est une ville de l’ouest de la Tunisie et le chef-lieu du gouvernorat du même nom. La population de sa municipalité atteint 76 243 habitants en 2004^[1].

~ par Alain Bertho sur 9 janvier 2011.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, الشغب