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Tunisia fears fresh violence after political assassination

February 7, 2013 07:30
Tunisia was hit by strikes Thursday as the murder of an outspoken opposition leader threatened to reignite violence despite the premier's attempts to defuse the crisis by pledging to form a new government. Lawyers and judges across the country as well as teachers at Mandouba university, near Tunis, kicked off a two-day strike in response to the killing of Chokri Belaid outside his home on Wednesday, officials said. The influential labour union, UGTT, meanwhile, was meeting to decide its course of action in the wake of the killing.

Tunisia pledges new govt after opposition leader's killing

February 7, 2013 01:31
Tunisia's premier has pledged to form a government of technocrats ahead of new elections, after the murder of opposition leader Chokri Belaid sparked deadly protests and attacks on the ruling party's offices. Furious demonstrators built barricades in central Tunis on Wednesday and clashed with police, and four opposition groups including Belaid's Popular Front bloc said they were pulling out of the national assembly.

Belaid killing sparks anti-Islamist fury in Tunisia

February 6, 2013 17:31
"This government wants to reduce us to silence, to terrorise us," cried Moufida Abbassi, a journalist friend of slain Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid, angrily blaming the ruling Islamist party for his death. "It is terrible what's happening in Tunisia, they are silencing people now by ending their lives!" she shouted, before crumpling on the floor of the clinic where Belaid's body was taken after he was shot dead outside his home on Wednesday.

Tunisia opposition chief killed, pledge of new government

February 6, 2013 17:00
Prominent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking deadly protests, attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party, and the pledge of a new government of technocrats. Furious protesters built barricades in central Tunis and clashed with police, and four opposition groups including Belaid's Popular Front bloc said they were pulling out of the national assembly. One policeman was killed after being hit on the chest by rocks in Tunis, the interior ministry said.

Tunisia turmoil after opposition chief shot dead

February 6, 2013 14:31
Prominent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was gunned down outside his home in Tunis on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. Furious protesters built barricades in central Tunis and clashed with police who fired tear gas to disperse them, and four opposition groups including Belaid's Popular Front bloc said they were pulling out of the national assembly.

Tunisia turmoil after opposition chief shot dead

February 6, 2013 13:46
Prominent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was gunned down outside his home in Tunis on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. Furious protesters built barricades in central Tunis and clashed with police who fired tear gas to disperse them, and four opposition groups including Belaid's Popular Front bloc said they were pulling out of the national assembly.

Anger, protests as Tunisian opposition leader shot dead

February 6, 2013 11:30
Prominent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his home in Tunis on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. President Moncef Marzouki denounced the killing of Belaid, an outspoken critic of his government, as an "odious assassination", while Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi told AFP the killers wanted a "bloodbath."

Chokri Belaid, fierce opponent of Tunisia's Islamists

February 6, 2013 11:30
Chokri Belaid, who was gunned down outside his home on Wednesday, was a fierce opponent of Tunisia's ruling Islamists and a pan-Arab, left-wing activist propelled to the front of the political scene after the revolution. The head of the Party of Democratic Patriots (PPD), which was legalised in March 2011, did not pull any punches in attacking Ennahda, which heads the coalition government, and its veteran leader Rached Ghannouchi.

Anger, protests as Tunisian opposition leader shot dead

February 6, 2013 09:01
Prominent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his home in Tunis on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. President Moncef Marzouki denounced the killing of Belaid, an outspoken critic of his government, as an "odious assassination", while Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi told AFP the killers wanted a "bloodbath" in Tunisia.

Tunisian opposition leader shot dead

February 6, 2013 08:01
Outspoken government critic and leading Tunisia leftist opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. The murder prompted President Moncef Marzouki to cut short a foreign tour, one of his advisers Ghassen Dridi told AFP, as the presidency urged "restraint and wisdom". Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali denounced the murder as an "act of terrorism" while the presidency in a statement dubbed it an "odious" crime designed to "lead the Tunisian people to violence."
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