12 presidential guards killed in Tunis explosion

Tunisia’s capital city of Tunis was rocked by an explosion which hit a bus conveying presidential guards killing at least 12 people in the vehicle officials say.

No group has yet said it was behind the attack.

A 30-day state of emergency has been declared by President Beji Caid Essebsi and the capital is under curfew.
According to eyewitness reports, the explosion happened at a bus stop where the presidential guard picks up and drops off its staff, near the former headquarters of the party of deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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The cause of the blast is still unclear but one source said a bomber had probably detonated explosives in the vehicle.

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