Tunis: One person was killed and 20 were hurt yesterday in clashes in the Tunisian town of Bizerte between police and street vendors angry at being moved from the downtown, residents said.
Hundreds of vendors hurled rocks and petrol bombs at the police, who responded with tear gas, Interior Ministry spokesman Lotfi Hidouri said. They also set fire to the market and burned tyres in the road. Three radio stations said a 70-old man died after inhaling tear gas but the Interior Ministry was unable to confirm this.
Officials said that Bizerte authorities had allocated a new market for the street vendors but they had rejected the move.
Reuters
