Tunisians protest after the death of students

Protests have erupted in Tunisia in the town of Mezzouna after a wall collapsed, killing three students and injuring two others, says Le Monde on April 17th.

Tensions remain in the Sidi Bouzid governorate, the starting point of the 2011 revolution, with clashes between protestors and the police continuing, and injuring several protesters. 

According to local media, the school wall, built in the 1980, had been showing cracks for several years with no actions taken to repair it. The school director, who claims he alerted authorities in 2022 about the hazard, was subsequently arrested and charged for manslaughter. The opposition has called the government to recognise its responsibility in the tragedy.

Le Monde