Tunisian police fire on crowd, killing 2
BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press= TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Police fired at an angry crowd of 1,000 attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Kef on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 17 others, the Interior Ministry said. The official Tunisian news agency said the crowd had turned on police after the police chief “abused” a member of the community. A local journalist said the police chief slapped a woman during a demonstration, triggering the violence between police and citizens. The journalist said that two other people died on the way to the hospital, but that information could not be officially confirmed. The journalist, reached by telephone, asked not to be…
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