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Woman Blows Herself up in Central Tunis: State Radio

by Reuters

   TUNIS --

   A woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis on
   Monday, state radio said.

   A witness reported an explosion on the central Habib Bourguiba avenue
   where police were cordoning off the area near the capital's landmark
   Municipal Theatre.

   Ambulances could be heard rushing to the scene.

   "I was in front of the theater and heard a huge explosion and saw
   people fleeing," witness Mohamed Ekbal bin Rajib told