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Tunisia security forces kill two ‘terrorists’: ministry
TUNIS, April 5, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Tunisian soldiers and members of the
national guard shot dead two “terrorist elements” in the centre-west of the
country, the interior ministry said late Saturday.
The operation took place in the mountainous Kasserine region near the
border with Algeria, it said in a statement.
The Kasserine range is known as an area where jihadists take shelter, such
as Jund al-Khilafa who is affiliated to both Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in
the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI).
The country has been in a state of emergency since a suicide attack in
Tunis in November 2015 that killed 12 members of the presidential guard.
On March 22 it ordered a shutdown as part of measures to contain the
coronavirus pandemic. It is due to stay in place until April 19.
BSS/AFP/GMR/0952 hrs