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             12 Killed in Attack on Tunisia Presidential Guard Bus

   by VOA News

   At least 12 people were killed in Tunisia's capital Tuesday when an
   explosion hit a bus carrying members of the country's elite
   presidential guard, the Interior Ministry said.

   The blast occurred on the tree-lined avenue in the center of Tunis.

   Security and presidential sources said the explosion was an attack,
   adding it was not immediately clear whether it was a bomb or an
   explosive fired at the bus as it traveled along Mohamed V Avenue.
   Ambulances rushed from the scene and security forces quickly sealed off
   the area.

   The explosion came 10 days after authorities increased the security
   level in the capital and deployed security forces in unusually high
   numbers.

   Earlier this month, Tunisian authorities announced the dismantling of a
   cell it said had planned attacks on police stations and hotels in the
   seaside city of Sousse, about 150 kilometers southeast of Tunis.

   Tunisia's tourism industry has been hit hard this year following
   extremist attacks. Shootings at a luxury beach hotel in Sousse last
   June killed 38 people, mostly tourists, while in March an attack by
   Islamist extremists at Tunisia's famed Bardo museum near the capital
   killed 22 people.
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