Tunisian authorities on Wednesday thwarted a terrorist operation and arrested several people, according to a statement released by the North African country’s Interior Ministry.
According to the statement, two individuals were arrested while planning to rob a cash vehicle belonging to a commercial establishment.
Launched by the services of the National Brigade of Investigation in terrorist offenses, this “proactive” operation has allowed first to unmask these two elements before making their arrest.
Security forces have also managed, in light of intelligence information collected, to dismantle a terrorist support cell in the region of Kasserine.
The cell provides logistical support to terrorist elements entrenched on the heights of Kasserine, noted the statement, reporting the seizure of electronic equipment during this operation and the arrest of four other terrorist elements.
Recently, the Tunisian authorities had stressed that despite the security stability in the country, it is necessary to continue to exercise the utmost caution.
In this sense, they reported “serious terrorist threats” despite the arrest since 2011 of dozens of terrorist elements linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in the mountains of the provinces of Kasserine and Jendouba, among others.
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