Laying the dead to rest, but UNREST continues in Tunisia.<br/> <br />Tens of thousands of mourners turned out Friday for the funeral of secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose assassination has thrown the country into political turmoil.<br/> <br />NATS MOURNERS<br/> <br />It was Tunisia's biggest funeral since the death of the nation's independence leader, in 2000.<br/> <br />Crowds marched towards the burial ground in Belaid's home district of Jebel al-Jaloud, many chanting anti-Islamist and anti-government slogans.<br/> <br />NATS HUGE CROWDS CLAP<br/> <br />NATS PEOPLE RUN<br/> <br />But violence erupted near the cemetery as police fired teargas into demonstrators who threw stones and set cars on fire.<br/> <br />NATS TEARGAS<br/> <br />Police also used teargas against protesters near the Interior Ministry, a flashpoint for clashes, arresting 150 people.<br/> <br />NATS TEARGAS IN CEMETARY<br/> <br />As the violence spilled into the burial ground the 48 year old Belaid was laid to rest.<br/> <br />No one has claimed responsibility for his killing but some blame the leader of the ruling Islamist party.<br/> <br />Belaid's assassination has shocked Tunisia, the cradle of the Arab uprisings which until now had a mostly peaceful political transition.
