Tunisia arrests high-profile terrorist Abu Huraira
Terrorism is expanding in
Tunisia, especially with ongoing unrest in North Africa, especially because of
the turmoil in Libya.
Detention in Sousse
This expanding scope of
terrorism was behind the latest arrest by Tunisian police of Abu Huraira in the
coastal city of Sousse as he prepared to travel to capital Tunis.
According to preliminary
investigations, Abu Huraira was on the road to meeting some fellow terrorists.
Abu Huraira's arrest nipped
an attempt to assassinate a number of Tunisian politicians in the bud.
Further details
According to the site of
the Tunisian radio Shems FM, the man planned to travel from Sousse to the
central state of Sidi Bou Zid and then to Tunis.
The site quoted security
sources as saying that Abu Huraira was arrested on a taxi and then referred to
a specialized counterterrorism unit.
Information
trove
Abu Huraira joined
terrorist organizations in the mid-1990s. In 1998, he participated in the
kidnap of 17 foreign tourists. He then spent 17 years in jail in Yemen.
The man is wanted by
Tunisian security agencies under suspicions of having links with a terrorist
organization.
The security agencies
also consider him an information treasure trove on terrorist organizations
active in the Tunisian capital.
Hidden element
Tunisian security
agencies believe that terrorists keep moving from one city to another in order
to find a loophole for carrying out attacks.
