Islamic State claims deadly attack in Tunisia resort

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for a knife attack in Tunisia that killed one National Guard officer and wounded another, as security forces round up more suspects.

The attack on Sunday morning in a tourist district of the coastal city of Sousse saw a group of assailants ram a patrol of the National Guard with a vehicle before stabbing the officers.

They were chased by security forces before three of them were shot dead in an ensuing gun battle, the Guard said, labeling the attack a terrorist act.

The Islamic State group says its “fighters” had carried out the attack, in a brief statement by its propaganda arm Amaq on the Telegram messenger service.

“Photos show that one of the attackers was wearing a T-shirt with a specific inscription to Daesh (IS),” says Mokhtar Ben Nasr, former head of the National Counter-Terrorism Commission, while stressing it was difficult to establish precise links between the group and its supporters.

— AFP