Reuters, 14/03 09:02 CET
By Tarek Amara and Patrick Markey
TUNIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) – The
signal to attack came from the mosque, sending dozens of Islamist
fighters storming through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan to hit army
and police posts in street battles that lit the dawn sky with tracer
bullets.
Militants used a megaphone to chant “God is Great,” and
reassure residents they were Islamic State, there to save the town near
the Libyan border from the “tyrant” army. Most were Tunisians
themselves, with local accents, and even some familiar faces, officials
and witnesses to Monday’s attack said.
Hours later, 36 militants were dead, along with 12
soldiers and seven civilians, in an assault authorities described as an
attempt by Islamic State to carve out terrain in Tunisia.
Whether Islamic State aimed to hold territory as they
have in Iraq, Syria and Libya, or intended only to dent Tunisia’s
already battered security, is unclear and the group has yet to
officially claim the attack.
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Source: Euronews
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