Two suspected jihadists were killed on Wednesday during a security operation near the Tunisian capital, the interior ministry said.
Sixteen others, some of them armed, were arrested during the operation in Ariana province just outside Tunis, it said in a statement.
A resident of the Sanhaji district told AFP that a two-hour gun
battle erupted with the suspects after the national guard launched the
raid at around 8 am (0700 GMT).
“They were not from the neighbourhood. We didn’t know them. They rented the house recently,” she said.
Since its 2011 revolution,
Tunisia has faced a growing jihadist threat, with the Islamic State
group last year claiming a string of deadly attacks on holidaymakers and
security forces that killed dozens.
Thousands of Tunisians have joined jihadist groups in conflict zones such as Iraq, Syria and Libya over the past few years.
(AFP)
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