A French photographer covering the street protests in Tunisia has died after sustaining head injuries on Friday from a tear gas canister fired by a nearby police officer, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday.
Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, 32, was in Tunis for the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), covering the protests that led to the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on Friday.
The four weeks of protests which erupted over unemployment, poor living conditions and alleged government corruption have killed several dozen people, but Mebrouk Dolega was the first casualty from the foreign media, RSF said.
It said a police officer standing near Mebrouk Dolega during a street riot had fired the tear gas canister.
