Tunisia mourners clash with police after young man’s death
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP):
Tunisian mourners clashed with security forces after the death of a young man from injuries sustained during a police chase a month ago.
Protesters threw rocks at security forces after Malek Sellimi’s funeral in the working-class neighbourhood of Upper Omran on the edges of Tunis, according to videos shared widely online.
Sellimi, 24, had fallen in a ditch and suffered a neck injury as he was being chased by police in late August.
According to a relative, “He was taken to hospital and was in intensive care for 50 days.”
He called for an enquiry to ensure justice for Sellimi’s death.
More than a decade after the 2011 revolution that toppled dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian police are still often accused of using excessive force — which gave birth to the Arab Spring uprisings .
The Tunisian Human Rights League says 14 young men have been killed in recent years in incidents involving the police. It added that officials rarely face justice.
Rights groups say that since President Kais Saied’s power grab last July, authorities have increasingly used measures reminiscent of those employed under Ben Ali.
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