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| Policeman gunned down, others wounded in Tunisia |
| 2017-03-13 |
| [MIDDLEEASTMONITOR] Militants possibly linked to ISIS holy warriors attacked a checkpoint in a town in southwest Tunisia early this morning, killing a policeman and wounding three others, security officials said. Two gunnies were also killed in an exchange of fire during the attack in Kebili, which lies on the edge of Tunisia’s southern desert region, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... The attackers opened fire on a police patrol that had set up a checkpoint at a roundabout in the town, one security official said. Security forces were combing the area to search for gunnies who may have escaped following the attack, a second official said. Tunisia has been trying to tackle an bad boy threat after suffering major attacks by ISIS-inspired gunnies in 2015 and early 2016, including deadly assaults on tourists at a museum in the capital Tunis and on a beach in Sousse. Militants occasionally target patrols and checkpoints, but attacks in towns and cities are rare. Sunday’s was the first in an urban area since a kaboom against a bus carrying presidential guards in Tunis in November 2015. |
| Posted by:Fred |