Tunisia: Suicide bombs near U.S. Embassy kill, injure police

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UPDATED Suicide bombs near U.S. Embassy in Tunisia capital kill, injure police

Hundreds of police swarmed around the embassy on the outskirts of Tunis, the Tunisian capital, after the bombings. Sharpshooters could be seen on the roofs of nearby buildings and major streets were blocked.

A flag inside the walled-off diplomatic mission fluttered above the attack site outside the embassy's compound. Police taped off the area, which was littered with charred debris, as forensic teams sorted through remnants of the explosion. Lawmaker Yosri Dali, head of the armed forces and security commission, confirmed eyewitness reports that the bombers were on a motorcycle. Dali said in an interview with Radio Mosaique that they blew themselves up when a police patrol stopped them to ask where they were going.Dozens of people have been killed in multiple attacks by Islamic extremists in Tunisia, notably in 2015 when the famed Bardo Museum outside the capital and a luxury beach hotel were attacked.

 

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