The beheading of a young shepherd by jihadists has aroused anger and frustration in Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid where extremist violence has compounded the woes of an impoverished region. Mabrouk Soltani, 16, was murdered as his sheep grazed on Mount Mghilla. The killers ordered a cousin, 14-year-old Choukri who witnessed the murder, to take the head wrapped in plastic to the family, according to relatives and the interior ministry. In the small village of Daouar Slatniya at the foot of the mountain, the family was horrified when the boy arrived,...
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