Scenes of joy greet Mubarak toppling in Tunisia

Friday, February 11, 2011 — updated on July 03, 2020

TUNIS

Tunisians danced in the street and blared their horns in celebration at the toppling of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak Friday, only four weeks after their own ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted.

"It's wonderful! Two dictators have fallen in less than a month," said 23-year-old student Nourredine as he joined in an impromptu street party on Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, one of the main sites for the protests which toppled Ben Ali.