Tunisia Security Forces Killed Two ‘Terrorists’: Interior Ministry said
Tunisia Kasserine range is known as an area where jihadists take shelter, such as Jund al-Khilafa, which is affiliated with both Islamic State and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI).
Tunisian soldiers and members of the national guard shot dead two “terrorist elements” in the center-west of the country, the Interior Ministry said late Saturday.
The operation took place in the mountainous Kasserine region near the border with Algeria, it said in a statement.
The country has been in a state of emergency since a suicide attack in Tunis in November 2015 that killed 12 members of the presidential guard.
On March 22, it ordered a shutdown as part of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. It is due to stay in place until April 19.
