Tunisian court issues death sentences for political leader’s murder
A Tunisian court sentenced eight people to death over the assassination of Tunisian opposition leader, Mohamed Brahmi.
Reported by VOA News on February 25th, charges against the defendants over the assassination of Brahmi in 2013 included “attempting to change the state’s nature” and “inciting armed conflict.”
A ninth defendant is still on the run after being sentenced to five years for “failing to report terrorist crimes to the authorities.”
Brahmi was a left-wing nationalist leader of the People’s Movement and an outspoken critic of the Ennahdha Party, an Islamist-inspired party who dominated the government at the time.
VOA News
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