Global terror group, Islamic state group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility of Sunday stabbing attack in Sousse, Tunisia, in which one agent of the National Guards force was killed. Two agents of the National Guard were attacked Sunday at Akouda, in the coastal city of Sousse in a stabbing spree. The security forces subsequently were involved in a gunfire battle with the assailants, killing three of them. ISIS said Monday on its media arm, Amaq, that “fighters” had carried out the Sousse attack. It is not the first time the terror group is claiming responsibility for an attack in the North African country, which has since 2015 witnessed sporadic terror attacks.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 08, 2020 13:30 UTC