3 dead in clashes over jobs in Tunisian town

Three people were killed and 90 wounded after rival clans clashed over access to jobs in the central Tunisian mining town of Metlaoui, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Clan members used homemade bombs, guns and iron bars against each other after a rumour spread in the town that only certain tribes would be offered jobs at the nearby Gafsa phosphate complex. Shops were looted and set on fire. (Reuters)