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| Tunisian soldier shot dead after killing 7 comrades, wounding 15 | |
| 2015-05-26 | |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] A Tunisian soldier opened fire on colleagues at a military base in the capital Tunis on Monday, killing an officer and 6 others and wounding 15 more before being rubbed out himself, Tunisian authorities said. It was not immediately clear what had triggered the shooting at the Bouchoucha base in Tunis, but it alarmed a capital city still on edge after an attack in March by Islamist gunnies on the Bardo national museum. Two military helicopters hovered overhead as police searched a nearby mosque and cars travelling on the main road between Bardo and the base. A local school was evacuated. Three soldiers were killed and 15 maimed before the gunman was shot by his colleagues, state news agency TAP reported, citing medical sources. An army colonel was among the victims, a security source said. Tunisian forces have been carrying out operations against Islamist fighters since March when two gunnies opened fire on tourists at the Bardo museum, killing 21 foreigners in the worst attack in Tunisia in more than a decade.
"He attacked one man with a knife and took his gun before shooting at his comrades who were saluting the flag. "He had family and psychological problems" and because of this had been "forbidden from carrying arms" and given "non-sensitive duties", Oueslati said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |