a journalism for the french publication liberation , christophe boltanski , was targeted on saturdays by three men in a street of tunisia , where he was focusing on the repression of human rights figures . he was severely burnt and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the consul district . boltanski was also hit in the face by pepper spray . he called for help , but the policemen on duty on the surrounding czech embassy did not reply , according to liberation .
A French journalist was assaulted in Tunisia.