Anger, protests as Tunisian opposition leader shot dead

By , on February 6th, 2013

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Prominent Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his home in Tunis on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on offices of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party. President Moncef Marzouki denounced the killing of Belaid, an outspoken critic of his government, as an “odious assassination”, while Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi told reporters the killers wanted a “bloodbath” in Tunisia. <!– google_ad_section_end –>