Mourners clash with police after Nizar Issaoui, 35, dies in protest at ‘terrorism’ accusation over banana prices complaint
A professional footballer inhas died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a protest against the “police state” ruling the country, his brother said.
He was taken from hospital in Kairouan to the specialist burns hospital in the capital, Tunis, but doctors were unable to save him, the brother said. He died on Thursday and was buried the following day. News of Issaoui’s death prompted protests on the streets of Haffouz on Thursday evening, Tunisian media reported. Young demonstrators threw stones at police, who responded with teargas.
In a Facebook post shortly before his fatal action, Issaoui said he had sentenced himself to “death by fire”. “I have no more energy. Let the police state know that the sentence will be executed today,” he wrote.
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