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Tunisian footballer dies after setting himself on fire on terrorism charges

Nizar Issaui, 35, blew himself up last Monday in the town of Hafuz in the Kairouan region. | Fountain: AFP | Photographer:

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Tunisian professional football player. Nizar Isaouidied as a result of injuries sustained after setting himself on fire earlier in the week to protest a “police state” following clashes with the country’s police, his brother said Friday.

Nizar Isaoui, 35, left without a team after playing for several of his country’s elite teams, blew himself up last Monday in the city Haffuzin the Kairouan region (center).

In a message posted on his Facebook page before taking action, the footballer assured that he had decided to doom himself “to death by fire”.

“I no longer have the strength to let the police state know that the sentence will be carried out today,” he added.

His gesture is reminiscent Mohamed Bouazizistreet vendor who set himself on fire on December 17, 2010 and sparked a revolution in Tunisia that ended the presidency of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the first uprising Arab springAnd.

Clashes between protesters and police

Clashes erupted between protesters and police at the funeral this Friday before police dispersed protesters with tear gas, several local media reported.

Hundreds of residents of the area gathered in front of the house of Nizar Issaui, waiting for the arrival of the coffin, shouting “our blood and soul, we sacrifice ourselves for you, Nizar.”

He was accused of “terrorism”

According to Tunisian media, Issaoui explained his gesture of protest against the police after he was accused of “terrorism” when he showed up at the police station to sue a fruit vendor who was selling bananas for 10 dinars (three euros) per kilo. , that is, which is twice the price set by the authorities to combat speculation in the face of difficulties.

In a video circulating on social media, Nizar Issawi is seen filming himself on a mobile phone: “Because of a dispute with a man who sells his bananas for 10 dinars, I am accused of terrorism (…) Terrorism over bananas! » , complaint.

Initially hospitalized in Kairouan, Nizar Issaoui, who suffered third-degree burns, was later transferred to the capital’s burns hospital.

“He died last night and will be buried today,” his brother Riad Issaoui told AFP on Friday.

According to Tunisian media, after the announcement of his death in the city of Hafouz, clashes broke out between young protesters and the police.

So far, there has been no official response from the authorities.

(AFP)


Source: RPP

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