A deadly attack was reported on Sunday whereby four attackers on motorcycles attacked a security checkpoint in southern Tunisian city of Kebili.
During the incident, one security guard was killed according to the country’s interior ministry.
Two attackers out of four were then killed by security forces. A third attacker was wounded and is now in hospital. The fourth one was arrested Sunday evening, according to an Interior Ministry statement.
According to Tunisian authorities, the attack took place early Sunday at around 00.40 local time.
“There was a terrorist attack on a checkpoint just outside Kebili. Four alleged terrorists on two motorcycles that were armed with explosives arrived on the scene. They killed one of the security agents. There were only three of them present manning the checkpoint,” Sarah Souli, a freelance journalist in Tunis,was quoted in several open sources.
The identity of the attackers have not been revealed.
