Crowds Chant as Anti-Austerity Protests Continue in Tunisia

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Anti-austerity protests continued in Tunisia on Friday, January 12, local reports said, with police pushing back demonstrators trying to reach a government building.

Protest against price increases and taxes implemented in the 2018 budget also took place in al-Battan in the last several days, local news outlets said, and in Terbouba, near Tunis, where one person was killed.

This footage shows crowds chanting on Avenue Habib Thameur in Tunis on Friday. Credit: Union Des Admins Des Pages Tunisiennes via Storyful