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| Six Tunisian Soldiers Wounded in 'Terrorist' Hunt |
| 2013-05-01 |
| [An Nahar] Land mines maimed six soldiers and police in western Tunisia on Tuesday as security forces continued a search for "terrorists" that has already caused casualties, the interior ministry said. Two men were seriously maimed by Tuesday's kabooms, the ministry said without elaborating, a day after a soldier and a member of the national guard each lost a leg in similar blasts and another was seriously hurt in the eyes. The kabooms occurred during a search operation in the inaccessible Mount Chaambi region, where the security forces have carried out numerous sweeps since last December when a policeman was killed in festivities with gunnies. The government said Monday the security forces were searching for a group of "terrorists," but has refused to give further details on the operation. A heavy security presence has been deployed in the region. Prime Minister Ali Larayedh told news hounds Tuesday he was determined to defeat the terrorist threat facing Tunisia, after a government meeting about the ongoing operations in the country's west. "Terrorism sows death and has no future, it will not triumph. What will triumph is the will of the people, life, security and stability," he said. The national guard, or auxiliary police, staged a demonstration in the regional capital Kasserine with the support of residents, demanding better equipment to detect land mines and protect themselves, an Agence La Belle France Presse journalist reported. Other protesters gathered in the city center and burnt tires. Security sources contacted by AFP said Tunisian forces were searching for a small gang hiding in the mountainous region which it has mined with homemade bombs, according to preliminary reports. |
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