Tunisian authorities have arrested 4 people accused of elevating the Turkish flag, which carefully resembles the Tunisian flag, atop a authorities constructing.
Footage circulated on-line in current days confirmed the Turkish flag flying over the Tunis headquarters of the nationwide railway firm SNCFT, prompting a proper apology and arrests.
The two flags have the identical colours and each bear the Islamic symbols of a star and crescent, with essentially the most noticeable distinction being a white circle on the Tunisian one.
SNCFT on Tuesday introduced it had eliminated the flawed flag, apologizing in a press release for the mix-up and saying an investigation had been launched.
It stated the Turkish flag had been bought by mistake, and that the employees “didn’t notice until it was raised.”
The blunder didn’t go unnoticed on social media, and on Wednesday Mosaique FM radio and different Tunisian news shops stated 4 railway staff had been arrested.
The media reviews didn’t elaborate on the identities of these arrested or the fees they might face.
In May, the overlaying of the nationwide flag at a sporting occasion in Tunis, on account of sanctions from the World Anti-Doping Agency, led to the arrests of three officers.
The sports activities officers confronted expenses together with “attack on the flag of Tunisia” and “plot against the internal security” of the state, and have been launched final week after a three-month sentence.
The incident provoked outrage from Tunisian President Kais Saied, who has been readying for elections subsequent month which he’s broadly anticipated to win.
Photos from the May flag incident confirmed Kais in tears throughout a go to to the venue.
Source: www.dailysabah.com