The
official Tunisian news agency says a man has blown himself up in front of
a hotel in
a Mediterranean resort town.
a Mediterranean resort town.
The
TAP news agency on Wednesday said the man, wearing a belt of explosives,
was killed. It was not clear if other people were hurt or killed in the
explosion in the town of Sousse, about 150km south of the
capital, Tunis.
Sousse
is a frequent destination for tourists.
Also
on Tuesday, Tunisian police said they captured a man who tried to blow himself
up at the tomb of Habib Bourguiba, a former president, in the town of
Monastir.
The
report was confirmed to Al Jazeera by National Guard sources.
Tunisia
has been battling unrest since the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's
regime, and has seen the rise of self-declared jihadist movements.
The unrest is particularly worrying because Tunisia, whose
revolution inspired many others in the region, is often seen as a model
for its neighbours
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