Five hours later, Sidi said fires were no longer burning and the scene was under control.
But over the subsequent hours, lights were up and illuminating the crash site, according to Sidi.
In the city of Sidi Bouzid, some 10, 000 people also gathered to mourn Mr Belaid.
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"Reports that the Mausoleums of Sidi Mahmoud, Sidi Moctar and Alpha Moya have been destroyed is extremely distressing, " she said.
Residents in Sidi Bouzid told our correspondent that police have been withdrawn from the town after young protesters torched a police station.
This journey took us to Djelma, Sidi Bouzid, Regueb, Sbeitla and Kasserine.
First, there were clashes Saturday and Sunday between the army and a police force loyal to exiled ex-President Ben Ali in Sidi Bouzid.
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Sookaina Boudraa had been waiting for three hours at the Alwaha health clinic in Sidi Moumen, an area in northeastern Casablanca known for its slums.
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"The Islamists have surrounded he tombs with their cars after chasing people away and at the moment they're destroying the mausoleum of Sidi El Moctar, " Halle said.
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Protesters also rallied elsewhere Wednesday, including the central town of Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the revolution that toppled former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali two years ago.
Constructed from mud bricks and wood in the distinctive Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, the Sankore, Sidi Yahia and Djingarei-ber mosques have been maintained and remain major attractions in the city today.
They eventually settled on the Palais du Zahir in the quarter of Sidi Mimoun, near the city's rosy southern ramparts, purchased from its exiled French owner for about 10 thousand dollars.
Zeidan ag Sidi Lamine, a former rebel now living in Bamako and part of the Malian government, said talks with the rebels were possible if it would accept the country's territorial integrity.
The army has now been deployed to maintain order in Sidi Bouzid, the town where the revolution that toppled Ben Ali began a little more than two years ago, our reporter says.
Widespread discontent at economic hardship, decades of autocratic rule and corruption erupted into mass demonstrations in December 2010 after a young, unemployed man, Mohamed Bouazizi, set fire to himself after officials stopped him selling vegetables on the streets of Sidi Bouzid.
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