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| Tunisia suicide attack wounds five police officers near US embassy | |
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| Interior ministry statement said two attackers blew themselves up in country’s capital, Tunis | Interior ministry statement said two attackers blew themselves up in country’s capital, Tunis |
| Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up near the US embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, wounding five police officers. | |
| An interior ministry statement said the attackers both died and that a civilian was slightly injured. | An interior ministry statement said the attackers both died and that a civilian was slightly injured. |
| Media reports citing eyewitnesses said the attackers were on a motorcycle. That report could not be immediately confirmed. Phones at the embassy went unanswered. | Media reports citing eyewitnesses said the attackers were on a motorcycle. That report could not be immediately confirmed. Phones at the embassy went unanswered. |
| Police taped off the area around the blast site, which was littered with debris. | Police taped off the area around the blast site, which was littered with debris. |
| Dozens of people have been killed in attacks by Islamic extremists in Tunisia, notably in 2015 when the Bardo Museum outside the capital and a luxury beach hotel were attacked. | Dozens of people have been killed in attacks by Islamic extremists in Tunisia, notably in 2015 when the Bardo Museum outside the capital and a luxury beach hotel were attacked. |
| The US embassy, in a residential area on the outskirts of Tunis, was attacked in 2012 by crowds angered by an anti-Muslim film produced in the US. | The US embassy, in a residential area on the outskirts of Tunis, was attacked in 2012 by crowds angered by an anti-Muslim film produced in the US. |
| Since the fall of Tunisia’s hard-line secular dictatorship in January 2011, Salafists have come into the open. | Since the fall of Tunisia’s hard-line secular dictatorship in January 2011, Salafists have come into the open. |