Radical Islamists in Tunisia raided two national guard posts on Tuesday, leading to clashes with security forces that killed one attacker, the interior ministry said, according to AFP.
Wielding sharp tools and swords, the Islamists went on the attack in the Tunis suburb of Manouba after police arrested a Salafist Islamist suspected of assaulting the head of the suburb's public security brigade, interior ministry spokesman Khaled Tarrouche said.
The attacks were carried out by "a large number of people with radical religious tendencies," Tarrouche told AFP, adding, “The response by the security forces led to the death of an attacker who was hit by a bullet.”