The Associated Press has an
article in
Time about Tunisian terrorism:
Tunisia’s prime minister said recently that a leading suspect in a deadly museum attack on foreign tourists has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, as tens of thousands of Tunisians marched through the capital to denounce extremist violence (photo).
The Tunisian state news agency TAP cites Prime Minister Habib Essid as saying that Khaled Chaieb, also known as Abu Sakhr Lokman, was one of nine terror suspects killed overnight in an operation near the Algerian border. Chaieb is believed to be a prominent Algerian militant in al Qaeda’s North African arm, and suspected of leading or helping lead the 18 March 2015 attack on the National Bardo Museum. Twenty-two people, mainly foreigners, and two gunmen were killed in the attack.
French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and several foreign ministers and legislators from other countries are joining an anti-terrorism ceremony in Tunis after the march.
The Tunisian government called on all major political parties to join the march from the seat of government at Bab Es-Saadoun to the museum. The international visitors are showing solidarity with Tunisia, whose fragile new democracy was deeply shaken by the museum attack, for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
Tunisian protesters unleashed revolts across the region known as the Arab Spring, and Tunisia is the only country to have built a democratic system as a result. Authorities are struggling with scattered extremist violence linked to various radical Islamic groups, largely linked to neighboring countries Algeria or Libya.
Interior Ministry spokesman Ali Aroui said recently that nine suspected “terrorists” were killed when security forces clashed with the suspects in the southwest region of Sidi Aich, near the Algerian border. He said several extremists were wounded in another clash in the northwest region of Kef, as part of security operations around the country ahead of the march.
Rico says good shooting; let's hope they get more...
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