Islamic State group claims attack that killed gendarme

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The jihadist organization Islamic State (IS) claimed this Monday via its propaganda agency Amaq for the attack carried out on Sunday in Sousse, a tourist town in eastern Tunisia, which claimed the life of a member of the Guard Tunisian national.

ISIS simply reported the death of a member of the security forces in this attack carried out by “fighters” of the organization, without giving further details.

Early Sunday morning, men in a car struck National Guard agents near the seaside resort of Port Kantaoui, in the tourist town of Sousse, then attacked them with a knife, killing one of them and seriously injuring them. 'other.

Three assailants, including two brothers, were killed Sunday morning in the same area.

They were not known to the Tunisian authorities.

An attack three days after a new government

Seven people were also arrested in connection with the investigation, the National Guard said, including the wife of one of the attackers, two brothers of another and a man suspected of having been a recruiter.

This new attack on the police, in the city where one of the deadly jihadist attacks that rocked the country in 2015 took place, took place three days after the entry into office of a new government, after strong political tensions.

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