TUNIS, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An attacker killed a French citizen and wounded a soldier with a knife in northern Tunisia, the Interior Ministry said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khaled Hayouni was quoted on state news agency TAP as saying police knew the identity of the assailant, a 28-year-old man with a criminal record, but he did not suggest a motive for the killing.
The Monday attack took place in Jarzouna, a town connected by bridge to the port city of Bizerte, the day after Tunisia held a presidential election.
The attacker assaulted the uniformed soldier and then the French citizen, who died before reaching hospital, Hayouni said.
The ministry says the assailant fled the scene and was known to law enforcement from his involvement in common crimes.
Security forces fanned out to search for him.
The ministry statement says the soldier was injured in the neck but didn’t have details about the French man who died.
There was no known connection between the attack and Tunisia’s presidential election on Sunday.
Militants have repeatedly attempted to target security services and foreign tourists in Tunisia in recent years.
Two attacks in 2015 in the cities of Tunis and Sousse killed scores of foreign tourists, but Western diplomats say Tunisian security services are now better equipped to deal with militant threats. — NNN-AGENCIES
