Tunis (ANTARA News/AFP) - Security forces shot dead 13 people in the Tunisian capital and suburbs late Thursday, after President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali said he ordered police to stop firing on protesters, medical sources said.

"The bodies of three people struck with bullets were taken to the hospital at Kram, close to Tunis, and 10 others have been brought to Charles Nicole hospital in Tunis," one source told AFP Friday.

The figure was confirmed by another medical worker who took part Friday in a major demonstration against Ben Ali in the city centre and was dispersed by police firing volleys of tear gas.

There was no official confirmation. (*)

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