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| 'Dozens Killed' In Tunisia Unemployment Riots |
| 2011-01-12 |
| Union and health officials suggest that 50 died in the town of Kasserine alone. Fresh protests broke out late on Tuesday in the capital, Tunis. The protests over unemployment are widely seen as being fueled by political frustrations. It is the most serious unrest in Tunisia for decades. On Monday, the government ordered all schools and universities to be indefinitely closed following the demonstrations. Locals in Kasserine said on Tuesday that demonstrators had been fired on from rooftops, and that a curfew was been imposed and snipers stationed on roofs. Officials said the police had acted in self-defence when their station was attacked with petrol bombs. A trade unionist in the town of Thala said that police were warning residents not to gather in groups - even of two. He said there was a desperate shortage of food and heating oil in the town. In Tunis, actors, musicians and other artists said security forces had violently broken up a protest on Tuesday against government violence. |
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