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2019-09-03 Africa North
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Top security official, three gunmen dead following gunfire exchange in Tunisia
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 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The head of Tunisia’s National Guard Center and three button men died following an exchange of gunfire in the Tunisian municipality of Haidra, near the border with Algeria, local media reported on Monday.
Local media cited security sources as saying that "Haidra is witnessing a gunfire exchange between united of the National Guard and terrorist elements."
The clash occurred on the first day of the country's presidential campaign, authorities said.
National guard officers and army troops were tracking a radical group in the Kef mountains near the Algerian border when shooting broke out, killing the four, national guard front man Housameddine Jbabli told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
The security operation is ongoing near the town of Haidra in the Kasserine region, he said.
Tunisian security forces have stepped up land and air operations against bully boyz hiding in the hard-to-reach mountainous region, where dozens have been killed in festivities in recent years.
Monday's clash came on the day Tunisia's presidential campaign is officially opening, after the country's first democratically elected president died in office in July. A total of 26 candidates are running to lead the country, which unleashed the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011.
Tunisia's post-revolution leaders have struggled to contain extremism in recent years, notably along its borders with Algeria and Libya.
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Posted by Fred 2019-09-03 00:00||
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