Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Jul. – Sep. 2013)

1. Jul. 25 – Gunmen belonging to the AST shot and killed senior leader of the socialist FP party Mohammed Brahmi as he left his home in the city of Tunis. [Mos, Reut, TAP & TT]
2. Jul. 25 – Supporters of the socialist FP party set fire to the local government headquarters and an office of the Islamist Ennahda party in the town of Sidi Bouzid. [Mos & Reut]
3. Jul. 27 – A car bomb exploded in front of a police station in the Goulette neighborhood of Tunis. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [AP]
4. Jul. 29 – Eight soldiers were killed and four colleagues were injured when terrorists ambushed a Tunisian army patrol in the Mount Chaâmbi region, in the Kasserine governorate. Four of the dead were killed by having their throats cut after having been injured in the initial barrage of gunfire. The KUIN asserted responsibility for the incident. [AP, Bab, Reut, TAP & TT]
5. Jul. 29 – Three soldiers were wounded when an army unit on a search operation was hit in a landmine blast in the Mount Chaâmbi region, in the Kasserine governorate. [AP, Mos & Reut]
6. Jul. 31 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army patrol passed by on a highway in Mhamdia, in the Ben Arous governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [Bab, Mos, TAP & TT]
7. Aug. 01 – Militants battled Tunisian troops conducting operations during firefights in the Mount Chaâmbi area of the Kasserine governorate. No casualties were reported in the clashes. [AP, Mos, Reut & TT]
8. Aug. 04 – Terrorists opened fire at police forces who raided their hideout in the Sousse governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Mos & TT]
9. Aug. 04 – Two soldiers were killed and six others were injured when a military armored vehicle was hit in a landmine explosion in the Mount Chaâmbi area of the Kasserine governorate. [Bab, Mos, Reut & TAP]
10. Aug. 04 – A group of militants battled Tunisian troops during a brief firefight near Foussana, in the Kasserine governorate. No one was hurt in the encounter. [Mos]
11. Aug. 04 – An Islamist terrorist opened fire at policemen who tried to stop his vehicle near the town of Ben Guerdene, in the Médenine governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Reut]
12. Aug. 10 – Terrorists clashed with Tunisian troops during a gun battle near Foussana, in the Kasserine governorate. There were no reports of casualties. [Mos]
13. Aug. 12 – Militants opened fire at a border security post near Hidra, in the Kasserine governorate, sparking a brief shootout. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
14. Aug. 20 – A Tunisian soldier was critically wounded when several Salafi Islamist thugs stabbed him in the Ksar Saïd suburb of Tunis. [TT]
15. Sep. 15 – A group of gunmen from Libya clashed with Tunisian troops during a brief shootout near the village of Makissem, in the Médenine governorate. No one was hurt in the encounter. [Bab & TAP]
16. Sep. 16 – Attackers assaulted and wounded a local government employee as he was in his car in the town of Kasserine. The assailants subsequently burnt the victim’s vehicle. [Mos]
17. Sep. 26 – A mosque was set on fire by unidentified assailants in Seballa, in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid. No further information was available. [Mos]

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)