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Former Tunisian PM arrested: media

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Tunis: Tunisia’s former Prime Minister and the former Secretary General of the Islamist party Ennahdha, Hamadi Jebali, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in the eastern coastal province of Sousse, the official news agency Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported.

Jebali’s lawyer said in a statement that a group of policemen searched Jebali’s home on Tuesday morning before arresting him and seizing his cell phone and personal computer, the TAP added.

The report indicated neither the official reasons for his arrest nor the charges he was on.

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