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Sunday, March 12, 2017
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Sunday, March 12, 2017
Police officer killed in jihadist attack in Tunisia
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA police officer was killed and another wounded in a nighttime ambush on a checkpoint in southern Tunisia, the interior ministry said Sunday.
Two suspected jihadists were killed and another seriously wounded in the incident near Kebili, 480 kilometers (300 miles) south of Tunis, in what the ministry described as a “terrorist attack.”
The ambush by motorcycle-mounted gunmen occurred early Sunday on a police checkpoint, it said, adding that a fourth attacker fled the scene.
“Homemade explosives” were found on the motorbikes, the ministry added.
— AFP
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