{"id":40793,"date":"2013-07-26T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T09:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=40793"},"modified":"2013-07-26T12:45:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T09:45:35","slug":"the-assassination-of-mohamed-brahmitunisia-revolted-the-second-opposition-leader-was-killed-in-6-months-breaking-news-40793","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/the-assassination-of-mohamed-brahmitunisia-revolted-the-second-opposition-leader-was-killed-in-6-months-breaking-news-40793\/","title":{"rendered":"The Assassination of Mohamed Brahmi:Tunisia revolted! the second opposition leader was killed in 6 months \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is there an Tunisian islamist government behind the assassinations ?\u00a0Thousands of Tunisians have gathered to protest over the assassination of leading opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi.<\/h1>\n

Mr Brahmi was shot dead by gunmen outside his home on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The protesters massed in front of the interior ministry building in Tunis and called for the government’s resignation, shouting slogans such as “Down with the rule of the Islamists!”<\/p>\n

Large protests have also been reported in in Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the Tunisian revolution, where he was MP.<\/p>\n

Mr Brahmi, 58, was a member of the nationalist and secular Popular Party.<\/p>\n

He was also one of the politicians helping to write a new constitution for the North African country.<\/p>\n

“He was riddled with bullets in front of his wife and children,” Mohsen Nabti, a fellow member of the small leftist movement, said on Tunisian radio.<\/p>\n

His killers reportedly fired at his car before speeding off on a motorbike.<\/p>\n

It is the second assassination of an opposition politician following the murder of another leftist politician, Chokri Belaid, in February.<\/p>\n

That assassination led to a political crisis, mass protests, and the resignation of Islamist prime minister Hamadi Jebali.<\/p>\n

The government has blamed Mr Belaid’s assassination on Islamic extremists and said six suspects will soon be identified.<\/p>\n

Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, is struggling with a democratic transition after the overthrow of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.<\/p>\n

The country is now led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, which rules in a coalition with two secular parties.<\/p>\n

However, the opposition has criticised Ennahda for not cracking down on hardline Islamists, who have been blamed for many acts of violence in the last few years.<\/p>\n

Ennahda has condemned the latest killing as a “cowardly and despicable crime”.<\/p>\n

In a statement, it called on the government to “urgently arrest those who committed this crime and reveal those behind them who have targeted the stability of the country”.<\/p>\n

A day of mourning has been declared for Friday.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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