Tunisia Kills 5 Suspected Militants Near Algerian Border
Monday 17/May/2021 - 03:02 PM
Tunisian security forces killed five suspected militants in the
mountains near the border with Algeria on Monday, a Tunisian security official
told Reuters.
The operation, carried out by joint police and army forces in the
Chaanabi mountains, is still continuing, he added.
Six years ago an ISIS militant shot dead 39 foreigners on a beach in the
coastal city of Sousse, triggering an exodus of tourists and severely damaging
Tunisia’s economy.
Since then Tunisia has grown more effective in preventing and responding
to attacks, but sleeper cells still pose a real threat, especially with the
return of extremists from Syria, Iraq and Libya.
