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TMI BlogPolice kill man who set himself on fire outside Tunisian synagogueX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Police kill man who set himself on fire outside Tunisian synagogue X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ogue holds Sabbath prayers. The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the man advanced toward a law enforcement officer while ablaze, and a second officer opened fire to protect his colleague. The officer was hospitalized with burns, as was a passerby, the statement said. The ministry did not release the man's identity or potential motive for his act, saying only that he had unspecified p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sychiatric disorders. Tunisia was historically home to a large Jewish population, now estimated to number about 1,500 people. Jewish sites in Tunisia have been targeted in the past. A national guardsman killed five people at the 2,600-year-old El-Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba after an annual pilgrimage in 2023. Later that year, pro-Palestinian protesters vandalised a historic synago ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... gue and sanctuary in the southern town of El Hamma. And a garden was set ablaze last year outside the synagogue in the coastal city of Sfax. Tunisia's recent history was also marked by the self-immolation of a street vendor in 2010 in a protest linked to economic desperation, corruption and repression. Mohamed Bouazizi's act unleashed mass protests that led to the ouster of Tunisia's autocratic ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ruler and uprisings across the region known as the Arab Spring. (AP) PY PY X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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