{"id":48833,"date":"2026-10-23T08:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48833"},"modified":"2026-10-23T08:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:06:01","slug":"tunisian-police-clash-with-protesters-in-capital-on-day-of-heightened-tensions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tunisian-police-clash-with-protesters-in-capital-on-day-of-heightened-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisian police clash with protesters in capital on day of heightened tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_divRplyFwdMsg\">\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Ettadhamen, a suburb of the capital, after the death \u200bof a man detained on suspicion of drug dealing, amid \u200cclashes with police in two towns in southern Tunisia.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The conflicts on Thursday coincide with a deepening economic, social and political crisis in the country, heightening fears \u200bof a wider wave of violent protests as anger grows \u200bover deteriorating living conditions and poor public services.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The man&#8217;s \u2060family said he died as a result of violence by police \u200bofficers after his arrest, calling for the circumstances of his death to \u200bbe clarified and those responsible to be held accountable.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Local media, however, reported that he died after swallowing drugs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Interior Ministry was not immediately available \u200bfor comment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Protesters blocked roads, burned tyres and threw stones at police. \u200bSecurity forces responded by firing tear gas, while seeking to secure a National Guard \u200cstation \u2060in the area.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Earlier on Thursday, police clashed with protesters in the southern town of Jebeniana following the death of a man who his relatives say died during a security chase. The city of Agareb, \u200balso in Sfax \u200bgovernorate, witnessed similar \u2060clashes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13788,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-48833","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48833","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48835,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48833\/revisions\/48835"}],"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=48833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}