Abu Bakr as-Sadik Brigade (Jihadi Entity, Tunisia)

• Local Name: N/a
• Transliteration: Katibat Abu Bakr as-Sadik
• Alternatives: Katibat Abu Bakr Essedik
• Status: 2014 – 2014 (Defeated)
• Conflicts: Tunisian Islamist Militancy

The Abu Bakr as-Sadik Brigade [KABE; Katibet Abou Bakr Esseddik] was a small Salafi Muslim jihadi entity that was briefly active in 2014. It was made up of former followers of the Partisans of Shari’a in Tunisia [AST; Ansar Achariâa].¹ The KABE was based in the city of Gafsa and likely had about two dozen members.² Soon after its formation, it reportedly began plotting simultaneous bomb attacks against government institutions.³

The Tunisian security forces arrested fourteen key members of the outfit in June 2014.⁴ Some of the captured militants were released shortly afterwards.⁵ The KABE was effectively rolled up with the capture of these militants.