Two suspected militants killed in Tunisia army raid

Police have killed at least two suspected Takfiri-linked terrorists in a raid on their hideout in the central west of the African country.

According to the reports, the raid was carried out on a house in the militancy-riddled province of Kasserine at dawn on Wednesday, a security source said.

A civilian was also killed during the clashes between officers and the suspects.

The raid came two days after a powerful landmine explosion killed three soldiers and wounded eight others in the remote Mount Sammama area near the Algerian border.

Defense Ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati said that “terrorist elements launched an attack with a large quantity of explosives on a military patrol providing security for workers” tarring a road.

An army spokesman also said that the militants opened fire on soldiers with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades after their patrol hit an anti-tank landmine.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

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