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Jobless man sets self ablaze in Tunisia revolt town

The mother of Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruitseller whose self-immolation sparked the revolution that ousted a dictator and ignited the Arab Spring, Manoubia (L), attends on November 22, 2011 the opening of the first session of the constituent elected assembly in Tunis. A young jobless man, Brahim Slimani, 23, set himself ablaze and was seriously wounded on Sunday in front of the town hall of Sidi Bouzid. AFP PHOTO

What you need to know:

  • Mohamed Bouazizi's death ignited a mass uprising that toppled ex-dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali the following month and touched off the Arab Spring.

SIDI BOUZID

A young jobless man set himself ablaze and was seriously wounded on Sunday in front of the town hall of Sidi Bouzid, birthplace of Tunisia's 2011 revolution, witnesses said.

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