Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tunisia, the capital of the country of the same name, on the anniversary of the revolution known as the Arab Spring. The protests ended with hundreds of arrests and clashes with police, Reuters news agency reported.
Demonstrators attacked police officers with improvised means, burned tires and fired fireworks at law enforcement officers. The clashes have continued for more than a night and have spread to other cities, the police say that more than a thousand people have already been arrested.
The residents of the country are reportedly unhappy with the outcome of the 2011 coup. While it has brought democracy to the country, according to Reuters, living standards have not improved significantly: Tunisians continue to suffer from unemployment and poor quality public resources.
In early January, it became known that the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia) had been arrested in the country. He supplied the Tunisian branch of al-Qaeda with funds, weapons and ammunition.
