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Suicide attack at the US embassy in Tunis: two dead and several injured police officers

2020-03-06T12:26:19.711Z


In Tunis, there was a suicide attack near the US embassy on Friday. Two assassins were killed. Several police officers were injured.


In Tunis, there was a suicide attack near the US embassy on Friday. Two assassins were killed. Several police officers were injured.

  • A suicide bombing occurred near the U.S. embassy in Tunis on Friday.
  • At least two people were killed .
  • The victims are apparently the assassins themselves , and several police officers have also been injured .

Tunis - At least two people were killed in a suicide bombing near the U.S. embassy in Tunis . The Tunisian state television, referring to security circles, reported two assassins who were killed in the attack. Police circles said that several police officers had been seriously injured in some cases. They had been at a guard post near the entrance to the embassy.

Suicide attack in Tunis - pictures show destroyed police vehicle

Eyewitnesses told local media that the bombers had blown themselves up on a scooter at a police station on the embassy site. Images on social media showed a damaged guard post , a partially destroyed police vehicle, and a smashed car on the street outside the embassy. The US embassy called on Twitter to avoid the area around the embassy.

Emergency personnel are responding to an explosion that occurred near the US Embassy in Tunis. Please avoid the area and monitor local media for updates.

- US Embassy Tunis (@usembassytunis) March 6, 2020

Armored security forces cordoned off the area. A helicopter circled the embassy. The US embassy in Tunis is heavily secured and is located in a busy office district in Tunis. According to the AFP news agency, an attacker attempted to get into the police-backed embassy but was stopped and killed . "It was a doomed project," said a police spokesman. There are repeated attacks on security forces in Tunisia.

Suicide bombing in Tunis - the US embassy in Baghdad has recently been under fire

A suicide bombing only occurred in Tunis last June. There were several injuries.

And not only the US embassy in Tunis has recently been the target of attacks. In connection with the Iraq / Iran crisis, the US embassy in Baghdad was repeatedly under fire.

Source: merkur

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