Tunisian police detain prominent politicians and businessman

Tunisian police detained politicians and a prominent, politically connected businessman on Saturday, their lawyers said, in a case that local media said
was based on suspicion of conspiracy against state security.
A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the arrests of Khayam Turki, a former finance minister, and Kamel Ltaif, a construction magnate with close ties to successive coalition governments.
Local media said that the police later arrested the Abd El Hamid Jlassi, a former senior official in Ennahda Islamist party and a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, on charges of plotting against state security.
A former diplomat and a retired military officer were also arrested according Attessia TV and Mosaique FM radio
Ennahda, an Islamist party that is the biggest in the opposition, said the arrest of Turki was aimed at intimidating the president’s opponents.