Tunisian opposition leader fatally shot as he left his house in Tunis TUNIS, Tunisia, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A leading Tunisian opposition leader and government critic was shot and killed outside of his home in Tunis Wednesday, the government news agency said. Chokri Belaid, general secretary of the Democratic Patriotic Party, was shot as he was leaving his house in the capital, the state news agency TAP said. Demonstrators gathered in front of the Interior Ministry to mourn Belaid, chanting, "We are all Chokri," "O Chokri, O martyr, we will follow your path," and "Terrorism, bullets, Tunisians are fearless," Tunisia Live reported. Police said indications were that two people were involved in the assassination, Interior Minister Ali Laarayedh said on a Tunisian radio station. Belaid was a leader of the opposition Popular Front, which formed in October to counter the government. He has become a chief critic of Ennahda, the moderate Islamic party leading the government in a coalition with two secular parties. Even though it has offered assurances it would respect liberal democratic values, Ennahda has been criticized for its leniency toward the ultraconservative Salafis, The New York Times reported. The protesters Wednesday also shouted anti-Ennahda slogans, such as "Ghannouchi [Ennahda founder], you are a predator" and "Bring down the oppressor of the people, bring down the Brotherhood party." Belaid recently accused Ennahda supporters and Salafists of attacking a meeting of his party's members Saturday. "At the end of our meeting, a group of Ennahda mercenaries and Salafists attacked our activists," Belaid said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which the government called an "odious crime." Its cause remained unclear.