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| Tunisian politician Chokri Belaid shot dead in Tunis | |
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| Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis, his brother and officials say. | Tunisian opposition politician Chokri Belaid has been shot dead outside his home in the capital, Tunis, his brother and officials say. |
| They say that Chokri Belaid was shot in the neck and head on his way to work. | They say that Chokri Belaid was shot in the neck and head on his way to work. |
| Mr Belaid was the co-ordinator of the left-leaning Democratic Patriots party. | Mr Belaid was the co-ordinator of the left-leaning Democratic Patriots party. |
| Tunisia is gripped by a political crisis as talks on a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle to include a wider range of parties in a coalition led by by the Ennahda party have broken down. | Tunisia is gripped by a political crisis as talks on a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle to include a wider range of parties in a coalition led by by the Ennahda party have broken down. |
| 'Odious crime' | |
| "My brother was assassinated. I am desperate and depressed," Mr Belaid's brother Abdelmajid Belaid told the AFP news agency. | "My brother was assassinated. I am desperate and depressed," Mr Belaid's brother Abdelmajid Belaid told the AFP news agency. |
| It is not known who is responsible for the attack on the politician. | It is not known who is responsible for the attack on the politician. |
| Correspondents say that Mr Belaid was a prominent secular opponent of Tunisia's moderate Islamist-led government, which came to power following its first post-Arab Spring election in October 2011. | |
| On Saturday, he accused "mercenaries" hired by the Ennahda party of carrying out an attack on a Democratic Patriots meeting. | |
| Government spokesman Samir Dilou described the killing on Wednesday an "odious crime", AP news agency reports. | |
| Opposition politicians said it was "a sad day for Tunisia". |