Police officer dies in Tunisia suicide attack
The Tunisian Interior ministry says one police
officer has died from his injuries after a suicide bomber targeted a police
patrol in a busy commercial street in central Tunis.
That attack took place near simultaneously Thursday
with another at the government’s anti-terrorism brigade headquarters on the
outskirts of Tunis.
At least eight other people have been injured in
total, including five officers.
Two suicide bombers targeting Tunisian security
forces struck nearly simultaneously in the capital, injuring at least nine
people, including six officers.
Statements from the Interior Ministry said one
bomber set off explosives near a police patrol in the capital’s busy commercial
center shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday.
At about the same time, a second bomber struck one
of the entrances of the headquarters of the government’s anti-terrorism brigade
on the outskirts of the city.
Tunisia has been struck repeatedly by terror
attacks. In October a female suicide bomber struck the city center, killing
only herself.
A suicide bomber targeting a police patrol has
struck a busy commercial street in central Tunis, injuring at least five people
including two officers.
Tunisia’s interior ministry says the attacker
detonated explosives near the French embassy shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday.
Radio Mosaique reported a second explosion soon afterward in the parking lot of
the government anti-terrorism agency.
Tunisia has been struck repeatedly by terror
attacks. In October a female suicide bomber struck the city center, killing
only herself.
