Attack against security forces in Tunisia

In western Tunisia, near the border with Algeria, Sunday At least 6 people were killed in a terrorist attack against National Guards. According to the Ministry of the Interior, a patrol of two vehicles traveling in the northwestern province of Jenduba was bombed for the first time with hand grenades. During the ensuing shootings, at least 6 guards were killed, 3 others were wounded. Other reports mentioned 9 dead. The number of these assailants and the existence of victims on their side were not known Sunday night.

There is still no confession of authors. We can assume that they were Islamist terrorists. Since 2011, a total of 59 foreign tourists and dozens of members of the security forces have been killed in such attacks in Tunisia. The interest in the West mainly led to attacks on the National Bardo Museum (19459014) in Tunis and against the swimmers in Sousse in March and June 2015, which left 22 and 38 dead. The violent demonstration of the Libyan branch of the Islamic State on the border town of Ben Guerdan in March 2016 has been strangely unattractive in Europe. It lasted two days and was more of a military operation than a terrorist attack.

The jihadists apparently believed that they could pull Ben Guerdan's people from their side. They were wrong, and after fierce fighting, 45 dead terrorists, 13 security guards and 7 civilians remained on the battlefield. Tunisia is more detestable for jihadists than for other Arab countries because it has become secular because it also grants women human and civil rights and because it does not hesitate to proclaim that it wants to become a democracy in the European.