Prime Minister Larayedh accused Ansar al Sharia of involvement in the assassinations of secular Tunisian leaders Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi, and said the group would be treated as a terrorist organization. Lareyedh claimed that the government had “discovered proof” of the al Qaeda-linked group’s ties to the murders of the two politicians as well as the deaths of soldiers in Mount Chaambi. Opposition protesters are demanding the dissolution of Lareyedh’s Islamist government for laxity in dealing with jihadists.
