Post by Admin on Jul 26, 2013 11:22:00 GMT
Thousands of people have protested in Tunisia after the deadly shooting of opposition figure Mohammed Brahmi. It is the second killing of a leading opposition politician to take place in the country this year.
"Mohammmed Brahmi, general coordinator of the Popular Movement and member of the National Constituent Assembly, was shot dead outside his home in Ariana," state television and the official TAP news agency reported Thursday.
The Popular Movement Party confirmed his death. Brahmi was in a car outside his home outside of Tunis when gunmen fired several shots at him, Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui said. Local media said he was shot 11 times. The 58-year-old politician held a seat in the assembly tasked with writing Tunisia's new constitution.
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