A Tunisian policeman was killed in Kasrin province in the west of the country in clashes with young demonstrators who overturned his car during a protest against mass unemployment, local media reported today.
The unrest erupted after a young man died of electrocution on Sunday after climbing an electricity pole to protest against being rejected for civil service, and protests spread to several cities in the following days, including the capital, Tunis. , the AP agency reported.
In Tunisia, the unemployment rate is currently around 15 percent, but it is much higher outside the capital. Even 30 percent of young people are unemployed.
Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman Valid Lughini said a police officer was attacked by protesters as he tried to get out of his car during protests in the town of Feriana in Kasrin province.
Since the beginning of the protests on Sunday, around 40 people across the country have been injured in clashes between police officers and demonstrators.
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