Militant Incidents in Tunisia (2011)

1. Jan. 14 – Gunmen fired indiscriminately on a busy street in the Ettadhamen suburb of Tunis, in the Ariana governorate. No one was injured in the shooting. [Reut]
2. Jan. 14 – A police post was burnt down by unknown assailants in Ouardanine, in the Monastir governorate. No further information was available. [Pr]
3. Jan. 16 – Gunmen loyal to ousted president Ben Ali holed up in the presidential palace in the Cartago suburb of Tunis fired at Tunisian troops, sparking a gun battle. No casualties were reported in the clash. [AFP, Reut & RFi]
4. Jan. 16 – A band of gunmen loyal to the fallen Ben Ali regime battled Tunisian security forces during a shootout near the interior ministry headquarters in central Tunis. No one was hurt in the incident. [Reut & RFi]
5. Jan. 31 – A youth center was set on fire by a band of unknown thugs in the town of Kasserine. No one was hurt in the incident. [Reut]
6. Feb. 01 – A group of unknown assailants set fire to a synagogue in the city of Gabès. No further information was available. [Reut]
7. Feb. 06 – A police station was set alight by thugs during rowdy demonstrations in the city of Kef. A number of police vehicles were also burnt by the assailants. [AFP & RFi]
8. Feb. 08 – A building housing a high school was set on fire by a group of unknown assailants in the city of Gafsa. [Reut]
9. Feb. 18 – A Polish priest was killed by having his throat cut by Islamic terrorists in the parking lot of a Roman Catholic seminary in the town of Manouba. [AP, Reut & TAP]
10. Mar. 11 – Gunmen shot and wounded a soldier during riots by unemployed youths in the town of Metlaoui, in the Gafsa governorate. [RFi]
11. May 18 – Two soldiers were killed and a colleague was wounded in a shootout with a band of terrorists in the town of Rouhia, in the Siliana governorate. Two of the militants were also killed in the encounter. [Pr, Reut & TAP]
12. Jul. 16 – Assailant set fire to a police post during rowdy demonstrations by opponent of the interim authorities in the town of Menzel Bourguiba, in the Bizerte governorate. [Pr]
13. Jul. 16 – At least 300 thugs firebombed a police station in the Intilaka suburb of Tunis. The incident occurred during protests by opponents of the Tunisian interim authorities. [Pr]
14. Jul. 19 – Militants bombed and damaged an oil pipeline operated by the Italian ENI company in the Zaghouan governorate. [Reut]
15. Sep. 01 – Thugs set fire to a police station, the railway station and three public buses during rowdy demonstrations in the town of Sbeitla, in the Kasserine governorate. [Pr]
16. Oct. 14 – A mob of about 100 Islamist thugs attacked and burned the residence of the owner of a television channel in the city of Tunis. A housekeeper was assaulted and injured in the incident. The attack came after the channel showed a film in which God was depicted. [AFP, RFi & TL]
17. Oct. 27 – Supporters of the secular PDP party set fire to an office of the election board and a campaign office of the Islamist Ennahda party in the city of Sidi Bouzid. [TL]
18. Nov. 23 – Police stations, an office of the labor ministry and the headquarters of a mining company, two trains and many parked vehicles were set alight by thugs during demonstrations over employment opportunities in the town of Madhila, in the Gafsa region. [Pr & Reut]
19. Nov. 24 – Thugs set fire to an office of a mining company during protests over employment opportunities in Oum Larayès, in the Gafsa governorate. [Pr & TAP]

AFP: Agence France-Presse (France), AP: Associated Press (America), Bab: BabNet (Tunisia), BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (Britain), CNN: Cable News Network (America), HRW: Human Rights Watch (America), Jaw: Jawhara FM (Tunisia), JTA: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (America), Mag: Magharabia (America), Mos: Mosaïque FM (Tunisia), MS: Mena Stream (Unknown), Pr: Presse de Tunisie (Tunisia), Reut: Reuters (Britain), RFi: Radio France International (France), TAP: Tunis Afrique Presse (Tunisia), TL: Tunisia Live (Tunisia), TT: Tunisia Times (Tunisia)