What was the project behind this large-scale company?
Who is behind this discovery?
And above all, was the French ambassador in Tunisia in danger?
So many questions raised by the announcement on Wednesday of the digging of a huge hole between a house and the nearby French embassy in Tunis.
Tunisian police have confirmed that tunnel construction work has been discovered near the famous residence of the French ambassador in Tunis, located in La Marsa, the affluent suburb north of Tunis, reports the Courrier international.
The house in which this tunnel was dug is a sort of squat "inhabited by suspicious individuals", according to the Ministry of the Interior.
لقاء رئيس الجمهورية قيس سعيد مع وزير الداخلية السيد توفيق شرف الدين
لقاء رئيس الجمهورية قيس سعيد مع وزير الداخلية السيد توفيق شرف الدين
Posted by Présidence Tunisie رئاسة الجمهورية التونسية on Wednesday, November 3, 2021
While the length of this tunnel towards the residence of the French ambassador is still unknown, Yasser Ben Mosbah, the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior, claims that it was discovered while a search was underway. carried out after the surveillance and tracking of an "extremist (religious)" who frequently visited this house.
An attempt at destabilization, according to the power
While the information is still unclear, the Head of State, Kaïs Saïed confirmed on Wednesday, according to the Business News site, during an interview with the Minister of the Interior Taoufik Charfeddine, the existence of
"Corroborating evidence attesting to the existence of a criminal project".
The authorities have also released a video of their visit to this home.
In his speech, the President, who granted himself executive power this summer, assured that “all attempts to affect state institutions or our relations with brotherly and friendly countries will be in vain. We will not let those who hatch plots and serve the obscure agendas of those who pull the strings behind the scenes, achieve their ends, ”Kaïs Saïed reassured.
But according to other local media, such as Tunisie Numérique, taken up by Marianne, the case could be very different.
"This is a villa squatted since 1982 by Tunisian families and it is owned by a national of a Gulf country," a source told the local website.
By bailiff's judgment, it was decided to evacuate the families.
During the operation, a one-meter hole dug in the garden and in the direction of the residence of the Ambassador of France was discovered.
Nothing serious, these are people who are looking for treasures, unless they are hiding something else ... "
The French Embassy in Tunis did not respond to media requests on Thursday evening.