A massive blast was heard in the country’s capital Tunis after an attacker detonated a belt packed with explosives late Tuesday in Tunisia’s capital.
Police shot at the man who was wanted for terrorism during a confrontation and the suspect was killed when his explosive belt detonated, the Interior Ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Sofiène Zaâg told private Radio Mosaique that officers surrounded the man in the suburban Tunis neighborhood of Intilaki and opened fire.
He said the explosion of the belt killed the man, later identified as Aymen Smiri. Witnesses said the suspect was dressed in women’s clothes.
There were no other injuries or damage reported.
It comes just five days after Tunisia’s capital was rocked by two suicide bomb attacks, killing a police officer and wounding at least eight others.
In the first attack, a police patrol car was targeted near the French embassy in the center of Tunis at around 11am on Thursday.
A police officer was killed and three civilians were wounded in that blast.
Source: Agencies
