Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Tunisia hunts for suspects trained in Libya


(MENAFN- Arab News) TUNIS: Tunisian authorities were on Thursday hunting further suspects in the Sousse hotel attack identified by officials as part of a group trained in a Libyan camp alongside gunmen who carried out a massacre at a Tunis museum.
Thirty-eight foreigners most British holidaymakers were killed in Friday's attack before the gunman was shot by police.
Authorities say suspects in both attacks were trained in military tactics across the border in Libya where several armed groups have profited from the country's political chaos to expand their influence and set up base.
'This is a group who were trained in Libya and who had the same objective. Two attacked the Bardo and one attacked Sousse' Lazhar Akremi minister for parliamentary relations told reporters late on Wednesday. 'Police are hunting for two more.'
The minister said a total of 12 people had already been arrested since Friday's attack the worst such massacre in the North African country's modern history. Four suspects have been released.



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