Opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi was assassinated outside his home on Thursday morning.

Mr Brahmi was assassinated outside his home on Thursday, sparking widespread unrest.

That night, therefore, seemed as delightful to them as a Brahmi night.

Education minister Salem Labyedh resigned following the assassination of opposition MP Mohamed Brahmi.

Reuters have filed a report from the funeral of Mohamed Brahmi in Tunis.

State television said Mr Brahmi was struck by 11 bullets fired from point-blank range.

Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead outside his home in Tunis today.

The oldest alphabet must have been the Brahmi lipi, which is found all over India.

Supporters of Mr Brahmi have accused the governing party Ennahda of complicity in the killing.

The alphabets of India all spring from two sources: (a) the Kharosthi, (b) the Brahmi alphabet.

Mr Brahmi was shot dead yesterday, setting off violent protests against the Islamist-led government in the capital and elsewhere.

Gunmen on a motorbike shot Mr Brahmi, who led the Movement of the People party, in his car on Thursday.

Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi has been assassinated outside his home in the capital, Tunis, in the second high-profile political killing this year.

The people of India already possessed their Brahmi alphabet, but had this other alphabet forced upon them in their dealings with their rulers.

The Brahmi family slept late that morning of July 25th, 2013, a holiday in the fasting month of Ramadan.

A state funeral has been held in Tunisia for opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi who was killed on Thursday by gunmen in the capital, Tunis.