Tunisian security forces representative has said that the forces killed a top aide of Abu Musab Abdul Wadud the leader of the. AQIM has been responsible for numerous attacks in the North African countries and the Maghreb.
Tunisia has been on high alert since 2015, when Islamic State gunmen killed dozens of foreign tourists in a museum in the capital, Tunis, and on a beach in the resort city of Sousse.
The top aide was killed by Tunisian airstrikes near the Algerian border alongside militants in a camp identified as a haven for AQIM’s branch in the country. Last year, Tunisian forces killed Islamist militants including Mourad Chaieb, the Algerian leader of Okba ibn Nafaa, a group that has fought for years with security forces in Tunisia’s mountainous interior.
Intelligence reports maintain that the killing of Abu Musab Abdul Wadud’s aide is a crucial step in getting to the ruthless leader. AQIM has been linked to other al Shabaab, another al Qaeda affiliate in Africa.
