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OP - November 25, 2015, 02:42 AM

Tunisian suicide attack kills 12 people a bus carrying the Tunisian presidential guards says news

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Twelve people were killed and 17 were wounded as a bomb tore through a bus carrying presidential guards in Tunisia’s capital on Tuesday in an explosion described by the president’s office as a “suicide attack,” Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

Essebsi declared a 30-day state of emergency, giving more powers to security forces, in addition to a curfew that would last until 5 a.m. on Wednesday.

Ambulances rushed wounded from the scene and security forces closed off streets around Mohamed V Avenue, one of the major streets in the capital Tunis and where the charred wreckage of the bus lay not far from the interior ministry.

Security sources said the guards were boarding the bus to be taken to the presidential place on the outskirts of the city when the explosion hit. One presidential source said it was likely that a bomber had detonated his explosive belt inside.

“I was on Mohamed V, just getting ready to get into my car, when there was a huge explosion. I saw the bus blow up. There were bodies and blood everywhere,” Bassem Trifi, a witness, told Reuters news agency.

At least 12 guards were killed and 17 wounded, according to an interior ministry statement.

Essebsi cancelled a trip to Europe he had planned for Wednesday.

Mohamed V is a major boulevard usually packed with traffic and pedestrians, and the site of several hotels and banks.

Tunisia has had free elections and is operating under a new constitution and a broad political consensus that has allowed secular and Islamist parties to overcome a crisis that threatens to overturn their young democracy.

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Reply #1 - November 25, 2015, 10:11 AM

I thought Tunisia was supposed to be the safe, slightly boring country of North Africa, its Belgium if you like.
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Reply #2 - November 25, 2015, 10:27 AM

^ Tunisia has had more security issues over the last few years than Algeria or Morocco. From assassinations of secular politicians to the attack on the Bardo museum to the shooting of tourists in Sousse last summer to this.

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Reply #3 - November 25, 2015, 10:35 AM

Tunisia is one of the largest source of foreign fighters for ISIS too.
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Reply #4 - November 25, 2015, 10:59 AM

@_@ Please don't lose to Islamism, Tunisia

Does anybody know what they do/have done to counter terrorism?
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Reply #5 - November 25, 2015, 01:49 PM

Quote from: David on November 25, 2015, 10:11 AM
I thought Tunisia was supposed to be the safe, slightly boring country of North Africa, its Belgium if you like.

Given recent events, the comparison with Belgium does seem true, although not in the way you meant it.

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Reply #6 - November 25, 2015, 02:29 PM

Ben Ali was not too bad after all...

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Reply #7 - November 26, 2015, 10:19 AM

Quote from: Cheetah on November 25, 2015, 01:49 PM
Given recent events, the comparison with Belgium does seem true, although not in the way you meant it.

I was being mischievous.
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