Tunisian Protests Intensify, Innocent Boy is Latest Victim

Tunisian Protests Intensify, Innocent Boy is Latest Victim

Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi was due to deliver a speech regarding the latest violence and to outline the government’s plan for the succeeding months. The said violent activities came from the town of Sidi Bouzid last December and just last Monday a 14-year-old boy was killed in the middle of Tunisia’s historic revolt. The said boy appears to have been hit by a bullet that ricocheted when the police open fired to break up the protest in Sidi Bouzid. A local medic from the AFP also reported that two other people were wounded in the clash.

Rumors of government destabilization were made due to the weekend attacks on several police stations across Tunisia. According to Samir Al Meliti, Sidi Bouzid’s chief of police, the reason for the police’s open firing is because the demonstrators hurled Molotov cocktails towards them.

"There was major fighting late into the night in Sidi Bouzid and in Regueb," local unionist Ali Zarai told AFP.

The revolution that happened six months ago may have shocked the government and caused it to rethink their rules and apply changes but many Tunisians believe that there are still no developments or changed that happened since and they are angry and resorted to another demonstration to remind the current government regarding the reforms the country needs.

The country will held an election on October 23 for a constituent assembly to write a new constitution that would pave the way for parliamentary and presidential polls, however the public is still discontented and with the violent activities happening the majority is in a state of confusion.

Posted by James Fried on Thursday July 21 2011, 5:30 AM EST. Ref: Reuters. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0