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Tunisia police clash with Salafists over meeting ban
Source: BBC News
Tunisian police have clashed with hundreds of hardline Islamists whose group was prevented from meeting.
Violence broke out in the central city of Kairouan and in the capital Tunis.
The government last week said it had barred the Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia from holding its annual congress in Kairouan, saying it posed a threat to public security.
The group urged its supporters instead to gather for the meeting in the Tunis suburb of Ettadhamen.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22587055
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