AFP - Three people died in clashes Saturday between demonstrators and police in downtown Tunis, said the interior ministry in a statement.
The statement said "three people were killed among the twelve who have been injured in the clashes and were transferred to a hospital to be treated."The use of the term "person" suggests that this would be protesters.
"Several members of security forces were injured to varying degrees," the statement said without specifying their number.
On the other hand, the statement said, "more than 100 people were arrested on Saturday" and "88 other perpetrators of acts of vandalism were arrested the day", during the first clashes between police and protesters occurred Friday in the heart of Tunis.
The ministry attributed the violence against the police "to a group of agitators infiltrated the ranks of peaceful demonstrators who have used high school students as human shields to engage in acts of violence intended to spread fire terror among citizens and to the internal security forces. "
He calls "the population to be vigilant and urging parents to cooperate with security forces and to convince their children not participate in these events."
Previously, the ministry announced a ban on travel for pedestrians and cars on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in downtown Tunis, the scene of violent clashes, from 6:00 p.m. on Saturday until midnight Sunday, reported the TAP.
The central avenue was delivered Saturday to a pitched battle between police and demonstrators, the police dispersed several times by tear gas.
