Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:0AM
Clashes between police forces and ant-government protesters in Tunisia (file photo)
Fresh clashes between Tunisian anti-government protesters and police forces have left at least six police officers injured and damaged public buildings in cities across the African country.
The most serious fighting erupted when angry protesters attacked a police station in Menzel Bourguiba, 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of the capital Tunis early Sunday, AFP reported.
Four of the six officers are in critical condition, Tunisia's interior ministry said in a statement.
Elsewhere, a crowd stormed police stations in Kairouan, central Tunisia; in Sousse, 150 kilometers south of Tunis; Hammam Ghzez in the east of the country; Al Agba, west of the capital, the statement added.
The government is pointing the finger of blame at extremist groups, whom it says are seeking a destabilized Tunisia.
Yet, Tunisian protesters say they stage demonstrations against government officials whom they accuse of corruption. They say officials from the ousted regime are still inside the new government.
The Sunday clashes were sparked by Friday unrests in central Tunis after police fired tear gas inside a mosque to break up an anti-government demonstration.
In January, a revolution in Tunisia ended the despotic rule of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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