Tunisia opposition leader killed

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Jul 24, 2013
The leader of Tunisia's opposition party, Mohamed Brahmi has been shot dead in Tunis, becoming the second politician to be assassinated this year.

58-year-old Brahmi led the nationalist Movement of the People party. His killing has sparked anti-government protests in the capital city Tunis, along with calls for general strikes from Tunisia's largest trade union and complete flight cancellations from Tunisair.

Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh condemned the assassination while defying calls to step down and "dissolve the government to create a [power] vacuum."

Protests sparked by the killing of prominent secular politician Chokri Belaid in February forced then Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali to resign.

See the BBC for full report.

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