Tunisian protesters hold placards shouting slogans during a demonstration on February 23, 2013 on the Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis. (AFP)
The suspected killer of leftist opposition figure Chokri Belaid, a leading critic of Tunisia’s ruling Islamists whose murder sparked a political crisis, was arrested on Monday, police sources said.
They said the suspect was arrested along with an alleged accomplice, both members of the radical Muslim Salafist movement. The main suspect, a 31-year-old furniture maker, was arrested in the Carthage suburb of Tunis.
The second man was allegedly the getaway motorbike rider for the lone, hooded gunman who shot dead Belaid, 48, at close range in front of his Tunis home on February 6, two police officers told AFP.
They said the arrests were carried out on the strength of the testimony of a woman who had witnessed the killing and has since been placed under police protection........
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