Protests erupt in Tunisia after opposition leader assassinated

07.02.2013                      27.Schwat. 5773                      Jom Kippur Katan

Tunesien:

Protests erupt in Tunisia after opposition leader assassinated

Chokri Belaid, a critic of the Islamist-led government, was killed outside his home; this marks the first assassination in post-revolutionary Tunisia.

The killing of Chokri Belaid, a 47-year-old lawyer, is likely to heighten tensions in the North African nation whose path from dictatorship to democracy has been seen as a model for the Arab world so far….