Tunisian Court Jails Six for Flying Turkish Flag at State Firm
(Bloomberg) -- A Tunisian court sentenced six people to four months in prison for flying the Turkish flag atop the building of a state company instead of the similar-looking national one.
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Four other people were acquitted, local media outlets Mosaique FM and Babnet reported Friday, without giving details about the accused or the charges they’d faced.
The case comes amid a surge in ultra-patriotic sentiment in some quarters of the North African nation, where populist leader Kais Saied is all but certain to win a second term in Oct. 6 elections.
Authorities made arrests earlier this month following the mix-up at a building used by railway monopoly SNCFT. Images of the gaffe spread widely on social media, prompting an apology from the company. It said a “foreign flag” had slipped into a batch of new Tunisian ones it had bought.
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