Tunisian police seek third terrorist in Tunis museum raid
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Tunisian police seek third terrorist in Tunis museum raid

Tunisian police seek third terrorist in Tunis museum raid

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(AGI) Tunis, March 22 - The Tunisian police seek a thirdterrorist involved in the Bardo Museum attack, reportedPresident Beji Caid Essebsi on Sunday. "For sure there werethree because they have been identified and filmed onsurveillance cameras," Essebsi said in an interview. He added:"There are two who were executed and one who is on the runsomewhere. But in any case, he won't get far." In the meantime,the Tunisian police arrested two suspected terrorists onSaturday night in the Ra's al Jabal district, near Bizerta,north of Tunis. They are suspected of being members of anIslamic extremist group after being found in possession ofmaterial now under investigation: several maps, including oneof the border area between Tunisia and Algeria, and one of theBardo National Museum, which is thought to have been used inlast week's terrorist attacks. The two suspects also had atelephone book containing the names and phone numbers ofAlgerians connected to jihadist groups. On Sunday morning thepolice stopped a third person suspected of terrorism in Sfax,in the southern region of the North African country. The manwas back from the Syrian war and was picked up from his homeand taken to the local police headquarters. The police searchedhis home and found pro-jihadist documents. The arrest wasexecuted upon an arrest warrant signed by the Prosecutor'sOffice in the investigations aimed at finding the terroristcell that carried out the terrorist attack on Tunis's BardoNational Museum.. .
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