Sunday, May 15, 2011

Detain two suspected members of Al Qaeda in the Tunisian-Libyan border

Two individuals suspected of terrorist military organization Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and carrying explosives have been arrested by the Tunisian security services in the Libyan border, state television reported today in Tunisia. The two men, whose identities and hometowns were not released, were detained for questioning in the town of TatauĂ­n after it was discovered that wearing an explosive belt and pumps provided according to state television, which did not specify the date of detention or provide further details.

Last week, two from Algeria and Libya is preparing to return to Libya were arrested in the same area for possession of explosives. Moreover, the Tunisian army repelled an attempt on Saturday by some 200 troops from the Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Gadhafi to infiltrate the territory of Tunisia informed the Tunisian news agency TAP.

The alleged gadhafistas traveling in a fifty-terrain vehicles and intended to attack the border post Wazen, located in the town of Dehiba and controlled by the Libyan rebels, when the intervention of the Tunisian army made them back down without any of the parties resorted to use their weapons as long as TAP.

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