{"id":21053,"date":"2025-12-14T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/tunisian-police-clash-with-youths-in-kairouan-after-mans-death\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:12","slug":"tunisian-police-clash-with-youths-in-kairouan-after-mans-death","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tunisian-police-clash-with-youths-in-kairouan-after-mans-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisian police clash with youths in Kairouan after man&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Tunisia prepares to mark the January anniversary of the 2011 revolution, which sparked the Arab Spring uprising, tensions have risen amid protests, and a powerful Union G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Tunisienne du Travail union has called for a nationwide strike next month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands have been protesting for weeks in the southern city of Gabes, demanding the closure of a chemical plant on environmental grounds.<br \/>\nWitnesses said demonstrators in Kairouan threw stones, petrol bombs and flares, and blocked streets by burning tyres, prompting police to disperse crowds with tear gas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The family said the man, riding a motorcycle without a license, was chased by police, beaten, and taken to a hospital. He later fled and died on Friday from a head injury.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The government was not immediately available to comment. Relatives of the deceased said they will not remain silent and will spark major protests if those responsible are not held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13788,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-21053","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Clashes erupted for a second night on Saturday between police and youths in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan after a man died following a police chase, according to his family, fuelling authorities\u2019 fears that protests could spread across the country.\n","published_date":null,"news_description":"Clashes erupted for a second night on Saturday between police and youths in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan after a man died following a police chase, according to his family, fuelling authorities\u2019 fears that protests could spread across the country.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24866,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21053\/revisions\/24866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}