12 Die As Deadly Explosion Hits Tunis
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12 people have been confirmed dead in an explosion targeting a bus carrying presidential guards in the Tunisian capital.
The bus, which was struck on the busy Mohamed 5 Boulevard in central Tunis on Tuesday evening,caused traffic gridlock on the heart of the city, which is close to the Interior Ministry.
Earlier this week, the interior ministry said that former President Marcef Marzouki was the target of an assassination plot.
Tunisia have witnessed several attacks this year. In March, am attack on the Bardo NAtional Museum left 22 dead, in a attack believed to have been carried out by an affiliate of al-Qaeda, Okba Ibn Nafaa.
Also in June, 38 European Tourists lost their lives at a beach resort hotel in the coastal city of Sousse. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took credit for the attack, while government officials claimed the perpetrator was the local Ansar al-Sharia armed group.
It has also endured several attacks on state security forces and civilians, after toppling the 23-year presidency of strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, having held several democratic elections.
But Tunisia has seen instability as it struggles with a post-revolutionary economy and years of political turmoil, including political assassinations that killed two major opposition figures, popular left-wing politician Shokri Belaid and progressive leader Mohamed Brahimi.
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