Protests hit Tunisian town after migrant deaths
TUNIS: A southern Tunisian coastal town was paralyzed by protests on Tuesday amid growing anger over the fate of people who drowned in a migrant shipwreck last month, with some buried in unmarked graves.
The powerful UGTT labor union called a general strike in Zarzis on Tuesday, bringing to a head days of smaller protests to demand authorities do more to find missing bodies and improve living conditions.
Images showed the streets of Zarzis packed with protesters chanting anti-authority slogans with shops and government institutions closed.
![Locals of the coastal city of Zarzis in southeastern Tunisia gather in the city centre on October 18, 2022 for a demonstration during a general strike. (AFP)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2022/10/18/3497441-1050787687.jpg)