FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Nabil Karoui, a detained Tunisian media mogul and presidential candidate, carries election leaflets for Karoui's Heart of Tunisia party ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tunisia October 3, 2019. Picture taken October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian presidential candidate and media mogul Nabil Karoui left prison on Wednesday days before Sunday's election runoff after weeks of detention waiting for a verdict in his corruption trial.
Karoui was the runner up in the first round of the presidential election last month despite being held since August 23 in pre-trial detention. He will now face Kais Saied, an independent, in the second round of voting.
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