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Tunisia: At Least 6 Killed Near Algerian Border

by Associated Press

   TUNIS --

   At least six members of Tunisia's national guard were killed Sunday in
   an apparent attack by an armed group near the Algerian border.

   The Interior Ministry said in a brief statement that six members of a
   national guard patrol died and another three were wounded following a
   mine explosion in the west of Tunisia.
   The country's official news agency, TAP, put the number of dead at
   nine. Citing a security official on the scene, TAP said the nine were
   on a patrol in two vehicles and a grenade was thrown at the first
   vehicle.

   An exchange of gunfire followed, TAP said. It was not immediately clear
   how many attackers there might have been or whether there were any
   casualties among them.
   The attack took place in a remote mountainous area. Jihadis are known
   to use the mountainous border region as a base.
   Tunisia was the target of deadly attacks by Islamic radicals that
   killed dozens of people at a beach resort and the country's leading
   museum in 2015.