TUNIS: Tunisian soldiers and members of the national guard shot dead two “terrorist elements” in the centre-west of the country, the interior ministry said late Saturday.
The operation took place in the mountainous Kasserine region near the border with Algeria, it said in a statement.The Kasserine range is known as an area where jihadists take shelter, such as Jund al-Khilafa who is affiliated to both Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI).
The country has been in a state of emergency since a suicide attack in Tunis in November 2015 that killed 12 members of the presidential guard.On March 22 it ordered a shutdown as part of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. It is due to stay in place until April 19.
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