Three Tunisian soldiers killed in militant attack on checkpoint

[WorldNews]

Islamist militants killed three Tunisia soldiers and wounded three more in an attack on Tuesday on a military checkpoint in the central region of Kasserine. Tunisian forces have tightened security and recently killed nine militants from a group officials blamed for orchestrating last month's Bardo museum attack in which two gunmen killed 21 foreign tourists. Army spokesman Belhassen Ousalti said the checkpoint was attacked near the town of Sbitla, close to the mountain range that borders neighbouring Algeria. Since its 2011 uprising against autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has seen the rise of ultra-conservative Islamists.

 

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