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| Suicide Bombers Attack Security Forces in Tunisia | Suicide Bombers Attack Security Forces in Tunisia |
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| Two suicide bombers struck security forces in quick succession on Thursday morning in the Tunisian capital, killing at least one police officer and wounding several other officers and passers-by, the Interior Ministry said. | Two suicide bombers struck security forces in quick succession on Thursday morning in the Tunisian capital, killing at least one police officer and wounding several other officers and passers-by, the Interior Ministry said. |
| The first bomber struck a security patrol on Rue Charles de Gaulle near the French Embassy just before 11 a.m., killing one police officer, the ministry said in a statement. | |
| Ten minutes later, another bomber detonated a device at the back door of a police department elsewhere in the city, the ministry said. That attack injured four security officers, the ministry said. | Ten minutes later, another bomber detonated a device at the back door of a police department elsewhere in the city, the ministry said. That attack injured four security officers, the ministry said. |
| Footage taken shortly after the first explosion showed debris scattered on the roadway, and one officer could be seen clutching a wound on his torso and had blood smeared on his neck. | Footage taken shortly after the first explosion showed debris scattered on the roadway, and one officer could be seen clutching a wound on his torso and had blood smeared on his neck. |
| Several police officers with rifles flooded the area as they scrambled to assess the situation. | Several police officers with rifles flooded the area as they scrambled to assess the situation. |
| No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, which took place months before an election and during the height of the tourist season. | No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, which took place months before an election and during the height of the tourist season. |
| Separately, Tunisia’s president, Béji Caïd Essebsi, was taken to a military hospital on Thursday after suffering a “severe health crisis,” the presidency said in a statement. No further details were immediately available. | |
| Mr. Essebsi, 92, won Tunisia’s first free presidential election, in 2014. In March, Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission named him for his role in human rights violations in 1963, when he served as a security official under Tunisia’s post-independence leader, Habib Bourguiba. | |
| Islamist extremist groups have carried out several attacks against tourists and the security forces in Tunisia in recent years. | Islamist extremist groups have carried out several attacks against tourists and the security forces in Tunisia in recent years. |
| In March 2015, gunmen killed 22 people at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis. Three months later, attackers killed 38 people, most of them British tourists, at a beach resort near the town of Sousse. In November that year, a suicide bomber killed 12 members of the presidential guard in central Tunis. | In March 2015, gunmen killed 22 people at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis. Three months later, attackers killed 38 people, most of them British tourists, at a beach resort near the town of Sousse. In November that year, a suicide bomber killed 12 members of the presidential guard in central Tunis. |
| In October 2018, 15 security personnel and five civilians were injured in a bombing on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, a main thoroughfare in the capital. | In October 2018, 15 security personnel and five civilians were injured in a bombing on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, a main thoroughfare in the capital. |