The 35-year-old Tunisian footballer Nizar Aissaoui died yesterday evening after setting himself on fire last Monday in front of the Haffouz police station, in the Kairouane governorate.

The man had been admitted to the Ben Arous Burns Centre. Shortly before his tragic act, Aissaoui had posted a video on his Facebook account explaining "that he was unjustly accused in a case of terrorism " after going to the police station to file a complaint against a banana trader, with whom he had had a dispute.

After the news of his death , riots and demonstrations broke out in the city . The police had to use tear gas to disperse the crowd, as evidenced by the images spread on social networks.

(Unioneonline/vf)

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