A Tunisian soldier stands guard in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis on February 8, 2013. By Fethi Belaid (AFP/File)
TUNIS (AFP) – A Tunisian cigarette vendor who set himself alight in a street of the capital Tunis on Tuesday has died from the severe burns he suffered, a medical official said.
Twenty-seven-year-old Adel Khadri “died today at 5:30 am (0430 GMT) as a result of severe burns,” Imed Toiuibi, the director of the Ben Arous Burns Centre, told AFP on Wednesday.