A 19-year-old Tunisian was killed overnight by a Landmine in the western border region where the army has been battling Islamist militants, an interior ministry source said on Wednesday. The man "entered a closed military zone and was killed when a Landmine exploded", the source said, without elaborating. The incident came a day after six members of the Tunisian security forces were wounded by a roadside bombing in the mountai**us Kef region, farther **rth. Since late 2012, security forces have been battling jihadists hiding out in the remote western region, parts of which were declared "zones closed for military operations" in April.
07-31-2014, 03:21 PM
Landmine kills Tunisian youth in closed military zone
A 19-year-old Tunisian was killed overnight by a Landmine in the western border region where the army has been battling Islamist militants, an interior ministry source said on Wednesday. The man "entered a closed military zone and was killed when a Landmine exploded", the source said, without elaborating. The incident came a day after six members of the Tunisian security forces were wounded by a roadside bombing in the mountai**us Kef region, farther **rth. Since late 2012, security forces have been battling jihadists hiding out in the remote western region, parts of which were declared "zones closed for military operations" in April.
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