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TEHRAN, Jun 27 - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the government said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - It was not immediately known who was behind the attacks, which come months before an election and at the peak of a tourist season in which Tunisia is hoping for a record number of visitors.
Separately on Thursday, 92-year-old President Beji Caid Essebsi was taken to a military hospital after suffering a "severe health crisis", the presidency said.
The first suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle Street in central Tunis. One police officer was killed and at least one other as well as three civilians were wounded, the Interior Ministry said.
Shortly afterwards, a second suicide bomber blew himself up near a police station in al-Gorjani district.
Four people were wounded, the Interior Ministry said.
Source: Reuters
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