Tunis, Tunisia: Tunisian authorities said two "terrorists" were killed Saturday close to the southern town of Ben Guerdane near the border with Libya where jihadists mounted a deadly assault earlier this month.
Four people were also wounded in clashes -- three civilians and a member of the security forces, the sources said.
"During security and military operations in Ben Guerdane, security forces and the army killed two terrorists holed up in a house... in the vicinity of the town," the defence and interior ministries said in a joint statement.
On March 7, dozens of jihadists mounted a dawn assault on security installations in Ben Guerdane, which is near the border with unrest-plagued Libya.
There was no claim of responsibility for the March 7 attacks, but the authorities blamed them on the ISIS.
"A soldier was wounded during an exchange of fire Saturday morning between army units and a terrorist group at Jabal Samama" in the Kasserine region, Lieutenant Colonel Belhassen Oueslati told AFP.
"There was an exchange of fire between security forces at the post and terrorists before the attackers fled," a ministry statement said, adding that no one was injured.
Last year, ISIS claimed attacks on the Bardo museum in Tunis and a popular resort hotel, killing 59 tourists in total, and the suicide bombing of a bus that killed 12 presidential guards.
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Four people were also wounded in clashes -- three civilians and a member of the security forces, the sources said.
"During security and military operations in Ben Guerdane, security forces and the army killed two terrorists holed up in a house... in the vicinity of the town," the defence and interior ministries said in a joint statement.
On March 7, dozens of jihadists mounted a dawn assault on security installations in Ben Guerdane, which is near the border with unrest-plagued Libya.
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There was no claim of responsibility for the March 7 attacks, but the authorities blamed them on the ISIS.
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"A soldier was wounded during an exchange of fire Saturday morning between army units and a terrorist group at Jabal Samama" in the Kasserine region, Lieutenant Colonel Belhassen Oueslati told AFP.
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"There was an exchange of fire between security forces at the post and terrorists before the attackers fled," a ministry statement said, adding that no one was injured.
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Last year, ISIS claimed attacks on the Bardo museum in Tunis and a popular resort hotel, killing 59 tourists in total, and the suicide bombing of a bus that killed 12 presidential guards.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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