Intel: Suicide bombing strikes near US Embassy in Tunisia
Two suicide bombers on a motorcycle blow themselves up near the US Embassy in Tunis, killing a police officer.
A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up near the heavily fortified US Embassy in Tunis today, killing one police lieutenant. Four others and a civilian woman were wounded in the attack. The men approached the embassy in Tunis’ posh Berges du Lac II district at around 11 a.m. local time and detonated explosives, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Witnesses said the men were on a motorcycle.
No group has claimed responsibility. Tunisia has been targeted by al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked terrorists since the country’s 2011 Jasmine Revolution that ushered in what most agree is the most successful — albeit imperfect — democracy in the string of Arab Spring uprisings.
The US Embassy was attacked in 2012 together with a nearby American school by a mob. Four people were killed by security forces in that attack.
Successful counterterrorism operations and surveillance with help from the United States has significantly reduced the scale of such attacks, which have killed dozens, including foreign tourists, at their peak.
