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Tunisia probes deaths of countryman in US airstrike in Libya Tunisia probes deaths of countryman in US airstrike in Libya
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TUNIS, Tunisia — A spokesman for a Tunisian court says that authorities have authorized an investigation into the deaths of Tunisians during last week’s U.S. airstrike on an Islamic State group training camp in neighboring Libya. TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities on Monday authorized an investigation into the deaths of Tunisian citizens in last week’s U.S. airstrike on an Islamic State group training camp in neighboring Libya.
Kamel Barbouche said the green light was given on Monday for the probe into Friday’s attack on the camp near Sabratha, not far from the Tunisian border. Local Libyan officials said more than 40 people were killed — mostly Tunisians — and many others injured. The strikes targeted extremist Noureddine Chouchane, a Tunisian national, the Pentagon has said. A court spokesman, Kamel Barbouche, said the green light for the probe into Friday’s attack on the camp near Sabratha, not far from the Tunisian border, was given because most of those killed were Tunisian nationals. Local Libyan officials said more than 40 people were killed and many others injured. The strikes targeted Tunisian extremist Noureddine Chouchane, the Pentagon has said.
There was no certainty that Chouchane was killed.There was no certainty that Chouchane was killed.
The Tunisian probe aims to find out “who is dead and who is still alive,” Barbouche told the AP. The Tunisian probe aims to find out, via DNA, who is dead and who is still alive and, once identified, whether they are implicated in terrorism or other cases under judicial review, Barbouche said by telephone. Survivors also will be questioned, he said.
The investigation would help determine whether Chouchane was killed. He is wanted by Tunisia in the March attack on the Bardo museum outside Tunis. Some 60 foreign tourists were killed in that attack and a June attack on a resort hotel in Sousse.
The U.S. strikes on the training camp fueled Tunisian concerns about an eventual military intervention in Libya by coalition members. Authorities have ramped up security at the Libyan border. Tunisia has a border of some 500 kilometers with Libya, which has spiraled into chaos.
A leading opposition party, Al Joumhouri, fears Tunisia, struggling on the road to democracy despite economic troubles and attacks, could become collateral damage in a military intervention in Libya. Party leader Maya Jribi said at a news conference that such a scenario would be “catastrophic for Tunisia, for the entire region.”
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