Tunisian Police Kill 2 Suspected Terrorists in Nighttime Raid

Police in western Tunisia killed two suspected jihadi terrorists and seized guns and a suicide belt in a raid Wednesday, Tunisia’s interior ministry said. The two men were known to police and had been on a terrorist wanted list before dying in an hours-long shootout that lasted from Tuesday into early Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement the two men had been planning a terrorist attack in the region and called the mission a “preventative assault.” One other civilian was...

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