4 sentenced to death in Tunisia for a 2013 political assassination

4 sentenced to death in Tunisia for a 2013 political assassination

Four people were condemned to death and two sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a decade-long investigation into the 2013 killing of Tunisian secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid.

A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges after a decade-long investigation into the 2013 killing of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid, a public prosecutor said Wednesday.

Before his death, Belaid had earned a following for his forceful criticisms of Ennahda.

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