Migrant killed in attack at makeshift camp in Tunisia

Migrant killed in attack at makeshift camp in Tunisia
Source: Human Rights Watch

According to the Tunisian National Guard, as reported to AFP, a man from Guinea has died after migrants clashed at a makeshift camp in northern Tunisia on Thursday. Tarak Mahdi, the parliamentarian for Sfax, located 20 miles from camps set up in olive groves, told AFP the violence began on Tuesday and that "dozens were wounded" by "machetes and knives". National Guard spokesman Houcem Eddine Jebabli said the dead man had been hit in the head by a stone, and that six people have been arrested.

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