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The organization “Islamic State”, through its propaganda agency, on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that took place in the Tunisian city of Susa on Sunday, which resulted in the death of a security officer and injuring others. .
An Islamic State propaganda agency said on Monday that fighters affiliated with the extremist organization had executed An attack on the city of Susa In eastern Tunisia on Sunday at least one member of the National Guard was killed and others injured.
The agency announced: “At least one Tunisian policeman was killed and others wounded yesterday, in an attack carried out by ‘Islamic State’ fighters in the eastern Tunisian city of Susa.”
The organization limited itself to announcing the death of a member of the security forces in the attack, carried out by “combatants” of the organization, without giving further details.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, men in a car attacked members of the National Guard near the El Kantaoui tourist area in the city of Susa with a knife, killing one and seriously wounding another.
The Interior Ministry claimed that the three terrorists had been “eliminated” (including two brothers) in the “shooting”. The authorities did not know these terrorists.
Seven people were detained during the investigation, according to the National Guard, including the wife of one of the terrorists, another brother and a man suspected of being the recruiter.
The new attack on the police in the city, which had previously witnessed a bloody attack that shook the country in 2015, comes three days after the new government took power, following political tension in Tunisia.
And lose President Qais Saeed On Sunday, Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi, who was the site of the attack, said that “such criminal acts” will not confuse Tunisian men and women or overthrow the state.
France 24 / AFP
