TUNIS, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two suicide bombers attacked police and the national guard in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, wounding at least nine people including several civilians, the interior ministry said.
One attack on the main street of Tunis Habib Bourguiba Avenue wounded three civilians and two police personnel, it said.
“It was a suicide attack, which took place at 10:50,” Interior Ministry spokesman Sofiene Zaag said.
The suicide bomber did not kill anyone “but five (are) wounded — three
civilians and two police officers”, Zaag added.
The second attack targeted a base of the national guard in the capital and
wounded four security personnel, the ministry said.
“At 11:00 am an individual blew himself up outside the back
door” of the base, wounding four security personnel, Zaag said.
Civil protection units and police rapidly deployed to Habib Bourguiba
avenue, where the interior ministry is located.
People initially fled in panic, before some crowded around the scene of
the attack, expressing anger against the authorities. Shops and offices were
closed by police.
On Oct 29 last year an unemployed graduate blew herself up near police
cars on the same street, killing herself and wounding 26 people, mostly
police officers, according to the interior ministry. — NNN-AGENCIES
