Police fire tear gas as thousands demand jobs in Tunisia
Source: Reuters
Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters demanding jobs in the impoverished Tunisian city of Kasserine on Wednesday, as smaller demonstrations broke out in the capital and at least eight other towns, residents said.
Large crowds burned tyres and chanted "Work, freedom, dignity" during a second day of demonstrations that erupted in the central city after an unemployed man killed himself, apparently after he was rejected for a job.
The death and protests evoked memories of Tunisia's 2011 "Arab Spring" uprising that broke out when a struggling young market vendor committed suicide, unleashing a wave of anger that forced longtime leader Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali to flee and inspired mass protests across the Arab world.
Police fired clouds of tear gas after protesters tried to storm a police station in Kasserine, a Reuters witness said. Burning tyres blocked streets as police chased down groups of protesters.
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Tunis, — In solidarity with the social protest in Kasserine, dozens of protesters, on Wednesday afternoon, invaded the headquarters of the Tunis Governorate over job demands.
A media source from the Governorate of Tunis said about one hundred demonstrators coming from different regions of the country invaded the headquarters of the Tunis Governorate before being rapidly evacuated by security forces.
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