Unprecedented range jihadist attacks in Tunisia with at least 50 dead

Unprecedented range jihadist attacks in Tunisia with at least 50 dead



At least 50 people, most of them jihadists, but also members of the law enforcement forces and civilians were killed in an area of ​​Tunisia near the border with Libya, in unprecedented range "simultaneous" attacks which resulted in the closure of the border with this country.

From the ground and air patrols are expected to increase along the common border with Libya, where chaos helped the jihadists of the Islamic State organization to gain ground, authorities said Tunisia.

The attacks, which took place at dawn, aimed a barracks of the armed forces, a police outpost and an outpost of the Tunisian National Guard in Ben Gerd, a community with a population of 60,000 inhabitants close to Libya.

In the images broadcast television networks distinguished soldiers and police officers to meet in front of the entrances of houses and akrovolizontai rooftop while gunfire echoes in the city center. Fighter corpses lying in the streets near the barricades the army as officers of the security forces regained control.

O president of Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi condemned today the "unprecedented" and "coordinated" attack by jihadists in Ben Gerd, near the border with Libya, and argued that "potential target (the attack) was put under the control" of jihadists this area "declared a new province 'stronghold of extremist organizations.