Hundreds arrested on 5th night of violent clashes in Tunisia
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Tunisia, Jan 20 (efe-epa).- Tunisian security forces on Tuesday arrested 432 people across the country after the fifth consecutive night of clashes between youth protesters and police amid a political crisis and anti-coronavirus restrictions that are stifling the economy.
In Ettadhamen, one of the capital’s most populated and marginalized neighborhoods, young people put up barricades and threw stones at the police and the National Guards, who fired tear gas to disperse the protesters.
As a 10-hour curfew began at 8 pm, Prime Minister Hichem Michichi delivered a speech to the nation, in a bid to ease the protests.