Deadly gunfight in Tunisian capital leaves eight dead
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A firefight between security forces and suspected Islamists holed up in a building in the Tunisian capital left a policeman and seven militants dead, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. “Seven terrorists died. A member of the National Guard was killed and another wounded,” a ministry source told AFP. “The operation is over,” the source added. The clash, which began on Monday afternoon and lasted until mid-morning on Tuesday, came as Tunisians prepared to mark the first anniversary on Thursday of the murder of opposition politician Chokri Belaid by suspected jihadis. read more