Authorities in Tunisia report a 14-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet fired during a violent protest in the town where the Arab Spring movement first began. Protesters in Sidi Bouzid flung Molotov cocktails at security officers, who responded by firing warning shots late Sunday night and into Monday morning. The clashes come as Tunisia prepares for significant October 23 elections to create a body to draw up a new constitution. Residents in Sidi Bouzid have expressed frustration that the protests, which began in December over rising food prices and unemployment, have done little to change everyday life in Tunisia, despite triggering uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Prime Minister Béji Caïd Essebsi denounced the recent unrest in Tunisia as a ruse orchestrated by extremists to derail the October elections and insisted the proceedings would go on.