TUNIS (Reuters) – Two militants in Tunisia blew themselves up on Thursday after they exchanged fire with security forces who stormed their hideout and encircled them, Tunisia’s interior ministry said. The existence of the cell in the city of Jilma, 250 km (156 miles) south of the capital, shows the challenge Tunisia faces from militants, some of whom cross the porous borders from Libya and Algeria. He was the mastermind of a terrorist plot to take control of the Sidi Bouzid province south of Tunis, Sliti said. Most members of the cell were arrested on Dec. 5 in Sidi Bouzid in an operation during which material for making bombs was seized by the security services. One of those attacks took place at a museum in Tunis, while another attack took place on a beach in Sousse.

Source: Egypt Independent January 03, 2019 14:26 UTC