Tunisia has ordered a nighttime curfew in Ben Guerdane near the border with Libya from Monday, after jihadists launched coordinated attacks on police and army posts in the town.
“We have decided to impose a curfew in Ben Guerdane on both vehicles and pedestrians… starting from today (Monday) between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.,” an interior ministry statement said.
Authorities say 21 attackers, one Tunisian soldier and four civilians were killed in clashes between unnamed gunmen and Tunisian soldiers near the Libyan border on Monday, amid increasing concern that violent extremism in Libya could destabilize the region.
A 12-year-old girl was among the civilians who were killed.
The gunmen targeted a police station and military facilities at dawn in the border town of Ben Guerdane in eastern Tunisia, Interior Ministry spokesman Yasser Mosbah says.
— Agencies
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