30-yr-old female suicide bomber blows herself up in central Tunis, injures 9 victims

A tragic scene played out in central Tunis, the capital of Tunisia when a 30-year-old female suicide bomber blew herself up.

Reports say the explosion wounded no less than nine victims including eight police officers in what the Interior Ministry called a “terrorist explosion”.

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Witnesses described a blast on the central Habib Bourguiba avenue where hundreds of police later cordoned off an area near the capital’s landmark Municipal Theatre and the French embassy.

“I was in front of the theatre and heard a huge explosion,” witness Mohamed Ekbal bin Rajib told Reuters.

Citing the interior ministry, the bomber had no previously known militant background, and her motive is still yet unknown.

 

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