Watan-A Tunisian court has issued death sentences for four individuals and life imprisonment for two others on charges of participating in the assassination of the prominent politician Chokri Belaid 11 years ago.<\/p>\n
The targeting of Belaid marked Tunisia’s first political assassination in decades.<\/p>\n
The specialized criminal chamber in terrorism cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance issued death sentences for four convicted individuals in the case of the opposition figure Chokri Belaid’s assassination in 2013, along with two life sentences for two other convicts.<\/p>\n
23 people were convicted in the killing of the leftist activist in his car in front of his home on February 6.<\/p>\n
Two of them were sentenced to life imprisonment, while sentences ranging from two years to 120 years were issued against other defendants, with five individuals acquitted, according to assistant public prosecutor Ayman Shatiba.<\/p>\n
He was shot dead in his car by gunmen on February 6, 2013.<\/p>\n
Near the courthouse in the capital Tunis, dozens of Belaid’s supporters have been gathering since Tuesday evening, carrying banners demanding justice and chanting slogans including “Chokri is always alive” and “loyal to the martyrs’ blood.”<\/p>\n
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