Protesters gesture to the police during a demonstration in Tunis February 6, 2013. Tunisian police fired teargas to disperse protesters demonstrating in the capital outside the Interior Ministry against the killing of a prominent opposition figure., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Tunisian man dies of self-immolation: Medical officials
Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:49PM GMT
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A Tunisian man, who set himself ablaze to protest unemployment and poverty, has succumbed to his injuries in a hospital, medical sources say.
The young man identified as 27-year-old Adel Khadri “died today at 5:30 am (0430 GMT) as a result of severe burns,” said director of the Ben Arous Burns Center Imed Toiuibi on Wednesday.
Khadri, who is from Jendouba in northwestern Tunisia, came to the capital some months ago to find a job.
“This is a young man who sells cigarettes because of unemployment," witnesses quoted Khadri as shouting before he set himself on fire.
“He was demoralized. His father died four years ago. He has three brothers and the family is very poor," they added.
Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman Khaled Tarrouche also said the self-immolation was caused by poverty.
“He is unemployed and came to Tunis a few months ago. He was very fragile, psychologically broken, and that is why he set himself on fire,” Tarrouche stated.
Following the death of Khadri, Tunisian vendors took to the streets in the capital where they shouted anti-government slogans.
In December 2010, the self-immolation and death of vendor Mohammed Bouazizi sparked mass protests led to a revolution in Tunisia and the ouster of the country’s Western-backed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.
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