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Police station, bank, stores attacked in Tunisia unrest Tunisia imposes nationwide curfew amid spreading unrest
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TUNIS, Tunisia — Unrest over unemployment in Tunisia continued to spread overnight, as protests across the country descended into vandalism in several cities. KASSARINE, Tunisia — Tunisia imposed a nationwide overnight curfew Friday in response to growing unrest over unemployment as protests across the country descended into vandalism in several cities.
Walid Louguini, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said Friday that police stations came under attack in southern Tunisia, and security officers and protesters faced off in several cities. In housing projects on the outskirts of the capital, Tunis, roving groups of young people pillaged a bank and looted stores and warehouses. The curfew from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. would begin Friday because the attacks on public and private property “represent a danger to the country and its citizens,” the Interior Ministry said. The previous night, police stations came under attack and security officers used tear gas to repel protesters armed with stones and Molotov cocktails.
Tunisia’s prime minister, Habib Essid, cut short a visit to France to deal with the protests, which were triggered Sunday when a young man who lost out on a government job climbed a transmission tower in protest and was electrocuted. Tunisia’s unemployment stands around 15 percent, but is 30 percent among young people. In housing projects on the outskirts of the capital, Tunis, roving groups of young people pillaged a bank and looted stores and warehouses.
Tunisia’s prime minister, Habib Essid, was cutting short a visit to France to deal with the protests, which were triggered Sunday when a young man who lost out on a government job climbed a transmission tower in protest and was electrocuted. Tunisia’s unemployment stands around 15 percent, but is 30 percent among young people.
“Are we not Tunisians too? It’s been four years I’ve been struggling. We’re not asking for much, but we’re fighting for our youth. We struggled so much for them,” said Leila Omri, the mother of an unemployed graduate in Kesserine.
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Ben Bouazza contributed from Tunis. Lori Hinnant contributed from Paris.
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