Daesh claims responsibility for Tunis suicide attack
Date
11/26/2015 3:35:45 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The Daesh militant group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s deadly suicide attack in Tunis on a bus carrying Presidential Guard personnel according to a Wednesday statement shared by the group on social-media platforms.
The statement issued on one of the group’s Twitter accounts identified the bomber as Abu Abdullah al-Tunsi a Tunisian.
Daesh described the attack as "a martyrdom operation carried out in the center of capital Tunis".
According to Health Minister Saeed al-Aidi the attack killed a total of 13 people and left another 20 injured four seriously.
The victims all officers were killed when the bomber blew himself up near a bus carrying Presidential Guard personnel in an area of the capital known to be frequented by police.
Following the attack the Tunisian authorities declared a 30-day countrywide state of emergency along with a curfew in the capital and in three other provinces.
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