At Least 26 Dead in Clashes near Libyan border


(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Tunisian police and gunmen clashed near the Libyan border on Monday killing at least 26 people authorities said.

The dead included 21 attackers one Tunisian soldier and four civilians the interior and defense ministries said in a joint statement.

A 12-year-old girl was among the civilians who were killed.

The gunmen targeted a police station and military facilities in the border town of Ben Guerdane in eastern Tunisia.


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