Man dies in tribal clashes in central Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's state news agency says a young man has died in a tribal clash in the depressed central mining town of Metlaoui

TAP agency cited an unidentified hospital official as saying Hamza Sadraoui died Monday of a shotgun wound in clashes between rival groups that have rocked the town for two nights. The melee continued on Monday, with youths throwing rocks.

A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Hicham Meddeb, said a curfew has been declared in Metlaoui and is to take effect between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. local time. Security forces also have been reinforced.

Metloaui and neighboring cities have been the scene of unrest on several occasions since an uprising that forced strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power on Jan. 14.