The suspected mastermind of twin suicide bombings in Tunis last week was killed when he blew himself up during a police manhunt outside the capital, the interior ministry said Wednesday, July 3rd 2019.
Police had tracked the suspect down to the working-class suburb of Intilaka where reportedly he detonated a suicide vest on Tuesday night blowing himself up.
The terror operative identified as Aymen Smiri was implicated in the twin suicide bombings on Thursday and investigations proved that he was the mastermind of the operation.
Police who had described Smiri as armed and dangerous, tracked him down and followed him until he was cornered in Intilaka where he detonated his suicide vest, fortunately he blew himself up away from other people.
His remains were strewn along a more than 50 meter (yard) stretch of pavement near a metro station in Intilaka, open sources reports indicate.
Thursday’s bombings in Tunis killed a policeman and brought back memories of deadly 2015 attacks on foreign holidaymakers and security personnel that dealt a serious blow to the country’s vital tourism industry.
The two suicide bombers were identified and a significant number of arrests made, the interior ministry confirmed.
Islamic State’s propaganda agency Amaq, hurriedly claimed that the two ISIS fighters had carried out the attack.
