Six Tunisians have been sentenced to 4 months in jail after Turkey’s comparable red-and-white flag was raised over a authorities constructing as an alternative of the nationwide flag, Tunisian media reported Friday.
Footage circulated on-line earlier this month confirmed the Turkish flag flying over the Tunis headquarters of the nationwide railway firm SNCFT.
The 2 flags have the identical colors and each bear the Islamic symbols of a star and crescent, with essentially the most noticeable distinction being a white circle on the Tunisian one.
SNCFT had issued an apology for the mix-up, saying the Turkish flag had been bought by mistake and that employees “didn’t discover till it was raised”.
In Could, the protecting of the nationwide flag at a sporting occasion in Tunis, attributable to sanctions from the World Anti-Doping Company, led to the arrests of three officers.
The sports activities officers confronted prices together with “attacking the flag of Tunisia” and “plotting in opposition to the inner safety” of the state and have been launched final week after a three-month sentence.
The incident angered Tunisian President Kais Saied, who has been readying for the October 6 election which he’s broadly anticipated to win.
Photographs from the Could flag incident confirmed Kais in tears throughout a go to to the venue.
AFP
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