Tunisian police arrested some 200 members of the hardline Islamist Ansar al-Sharia in weekend clashes that erupted after a ban on their congress, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said in remarks published on Monday.
The Tunisian leader warned of firm action against Ansar al- Sharia, an organisation that he said has links to and is involved in “terrorism”.
In response, “we will deal with extremism firmly, we will be rigid,” said Larayedh, a former interior minister and member of the ruling moderate Islamist party Ennahda.
One protester was killed and 15 policemen wounded in the clashes that broke out in Tunis on Sunday after the authorities banned Ansar al-Sharia from staging their annual congress.
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