Tunisia has arrested the owner of a private TV station and his son for "grand treason" for inciting violence and working for ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's return, the state news agency said on Sunday.
"The owner of Hannibal TV (Larbi Nasra), who is a relative of the former president's wife, is using the channel to abort the youth's revolution, spread confusion, incite strife and broadcast false information," a statement citing an authorised source said.
"The aim is to create a constitutional vacuum, ruin stability and take the country into a vortex of violence that will bring back the dictatorship of the former president." The Tunisian news agency said Nasra and his son had been arrested "to secure the nation's safety and the revolution's success".
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