(Bloomberg) -- A Tunisian court sentenced six people to four months in prison for flying the Turkish flag atop the building of a state company instead of the similar-looking national one.
Four other people were acquitted, local media outlets Mosaique FM and Babnet reported Friday, without giving details about the accused or the charges they’d faced.
The case comes amid a surge in ultra-patriotic sentiment in some quarters of the North African nation, where populist leader Kais Saied is all but certain to win a second term in Oct. 6 elections.
Authorities made arrests earlier this month following the mix-up at a building used by railway monopoly SNCFT. Images of the gaffe spread widely on social media, prompting an apology from the company. It said a “foreign flag” had slipped into a batch of new Tunisian ones it had bought.
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