Clashes in Tunisia after young man dies in police station

SANAA, Feb. 17 (YPA) – Clashes erupted on Saturday evening between dozens of protesters in the Barakah area of the Sahel in the eastern Tunisian province of Nabeul, and security forces on the backdrop of the death of a young man in a security center.

Relatives of the victim have accused police officers of killing the Young man, while security sources told local media that the death was outside the Security Center and was a result of a quarrel with the young man’s escorts and the security units have not intervened.

No further details on the outcome of the confrontations were available at the moment.

The interior ministry said in a statement that it had opened a judicial investigation into the incident and stopped two security agents and two escorts for the victim to be interrogated.

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