The late Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was buried in Medina this morning and was buried in the Baqi cemetery.The AFP news agency reported that dozens of people participated in the funeral, including his son-in-law Salim Chiboub and members of his family.
A group of men carried the body of Ben Ali, wrapped in a piece of green cloth, and walked in the courtyard of the mosque to the cemetery of Baqi, where many of the people of the house of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and senior companions were buried.
Ben Ali's son-in-law Karim Gharbi, who also lives in Saudi Arabia, wrote on his Instagram website that Ben Ali did not recommend burying him in Tunisia.
Ben Ali died a week ago in exile in the Kingdom at the age of 83 years after a conflict with the disease. 23 years.
Ben Ali took power in Tunisia after a coup against former president Habib Bourguiba on November 7, 1987.
The news of Ben Ali's death was absent from the headlines of the Tunisian media, which is preoccupied with the results of the presidential elections, the campaign for the legislative elections scheduled for October 6, and the news of his death and his burial from the Saudi media.
According to a small announcement published in the French-language newspaper La Presse, part of his family will receive condolences on Sunday in the affluent suburb of Sidi Bou Said, north of the capital Tunis.