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Tunisia’s president has declared a 30-day state of emergency across the country and imposed an overnight curfew for the capital after an explosion struck a bus carrying presidential guards.
The explosion killed no fewer than 12 people, the latest attack in a country plagued by Islamist violence.
President Beji Caid Essebsi and other members of the National Security Council were meeting to discuss crisis measures following the blast on Tuesday in the heart of Tunis.
A 9:00 pm to 5:00 am curfew has been imposed in the capital following the attack, along with a new nationwide state of emergency, which had been lifted less than two months previously.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing in a busy area in the heart of Tunis, a few hundred metres (yards) from the interior ministry, which came as the 26th Carthage Film Festival was in full swing.
The Islamic State jihadist group has previously staged attacks in the North African country, often seen as a rare success story of the Arab Spring after its 2011 overthrow of longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Twelve presidential guards were killed and 20 other people were wounded in Tuesday’s blast, including four civilians, according to a preliminary toll from the health ministry.
The remains of a 13th person found at the scene have not yet been identified, officials said. “It could be that this is a terrorist,” Health Minister Said Aidi told national television.
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