Daesh Claims Responsibility for Tunisia’s Twin Suicide Bombings

By Staff, Agencies

Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] on Thursday claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings that killed one police officer and wounded eight in Tunisia’s capital earlier in the day.

The terrorist group claimed responsibility via its propaganda outlet, Amaq, on Thursday evening.

The Tunisian capital city of Tunis was hit by two separate, but seemingly coordinated, attacks targeting the country’s security forces shortly before 11am on Thursday.

The first blast took place near the intersection between rue Charles de Gaulle and avenue Bourguiba, the city's main thoroughfare, apparently targeting a police patrol. One police officer was killed and at least one other officer and three civilians were wounded, the interior ministry said.

Shortly afterwards, a second suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in al-Qarjani district. Four police officers were wounded in that blast, according to the ministry's casualty report.

Heavily armed police cordoned off the locations of the attacks, one of which was about 200 meters away from the French embassy.