The defense team tasked with handling the case of slain Tunisian drone expert Mohamed Zouari has accused the French ambassador in Tunis Olivier Poivre of being involved in the assassination of Zouari four years ago.
Mohamed Zouari was assassinated on December 15 2016 in Sfax city when he was shot dead in a drive-by shooting operation generally attributed to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Zouari was a Tunisian aerospace engineer who worked for al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and led its drone program.
“There are political parties businessmen and a female journalist involved in this file including the current French ambassador who played a major role in it” lawyer Abdul-Raouf al-Ayyadi from the defense team said in recent press remarks.
Ayyadi affirmed that the defense team filed two lawsuits related to espionage and murder against the French ambassador.
He also accused former tourism minister Amel Karboul and current tourism minister Rene Trabelsi of having direct ties with an Israeli spy who owns Carmel travel agency in Tel Aviv and played a major role in the assassination of Zouari.
The lawyer pointed out that the file of Zouari’s assassination had been ignored by the Tunisian government but his family would meet with president Qais Sa’eid who had pledged during his election campaign to reopen the file.
