Youths in Tunisia called for vengeance on Tuesday at the funeral of a man stabbed to death during a scuffle between residents and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Three African migrants were arrested as suspects in the stabbing death of the local man in Tunisia's coastal city of Sfax, a court spokesman said. Police had fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse residents and migrants throwing stones at each other. Faouzi Masmoudi, spokesman for the Sfax prosecutor, said the victim, aged in his early 40s, was fatally stabbed late Monday during a scuffle between Sfax residents and migrants. Reaction to the post, some with racist overtones, included calls for African migrants to be expelled from Sfax.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 05, 2023 09:09 UTC