• 2+ killed by police near a Tunisian police station in Kef; two other reported deaths were unconfirmed
• 17+ more injured in the conflict, caused after a large crowd attacked and burned a police station source

• » What happened: In one of the most volatile conflicts since the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, hundreds of protesters were outside of a police station in Kef where they claimed that the chief was abusing his power. As things have a tendency to do, they deteriorated after the chief, Khaled Ghazouani, reportedly slapped a woman in the crowd. “The police fired to prevent the protesters from breaking into the station,” an official said. The police chief was arrested.

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