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"Dangerous" armed element arrested in Tunisia

Published: 07 Jan 2018 - 09:52 am | Last Updated: 12 Nov 2021 - 06:47 pm
A member of the Tunisian special forces stands guard outside a house containing the body of a man after security forces said they killed a

A member of the Tunisian special forces stands guard outside a house containing the body of a man after security forces said they killed a "terrorist" on March 21, 2016 on the outskirts the southern border town of Ben Guerdane where jihadists mounted a de

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Tunis: Tunisian Military units have captured a "dangerous" gun man after he sustained foot injury in an ambush at Mount Salloum in Kasserine governorate, the Tunisian Ministry of Defense announced in a statement Saturday night.

"A military unit targeted an armed group before capturing the dangerous terrorist (wounded) who was abandoned by his comrades," the statement said, according to the official TAP news agency.

A Kalashnikov rifle and a 40-round magazine were seized. 

"The sweeping operation goes on to hunt down the other members of the group," the statement added.