Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Apr. – Jun. 2014)

1. Apr. 02 – Thugs set fire to an office of a labor union during protests by youths angry over the economic situation in the town of Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
2. Apr. 10 – An army truck was hit in a landmine explosion in Sidi Hidri, in the Kasserine governorate. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
3. Apr. 11 – A civilian sustained injuries when his tractor was struck in a landmine blast near Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
4. Apr. 11 – Two soldiers were wounded when a Tunisian army jeep was struck in a landmine explosion on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Bab & Mos]
5. Apr. 14 – A Jewish trader sustained injuries when an Islamist thug stabbed him on the island of Djerba, in the Médenine governorate. [JTA]
6. Apr. 16 – An Islamist activist was injured in an assault by Salafi Islamist thugs in the town of Sers, in the Kef governorate. The victim had recently abandoned Salafism and adapted a more moderate worldview. [Mos]
7. Apr. 18 – A soldier was killed and a colleague was wounded when an army jeep was hit in a landmine explosion near Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [Bab & TAP]
8. May 08 – Three parked vehicles of policemen were set alight by a group of unknown assailants in the town of Kef. [Bab & Mos]
9. May 10 – Attackers hurled several homemade firebombs at the home of a retired prison director in the town of Kef. [Bab & Mos]
10. May 14 – A soldier was wounded when a landmine exploded during an attempt to defuse the device on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [TAP]
11. May 22 – A Jewish man was stabbed and injured by an Islamist assailant in the town of Houmt Souk, on Médenine‘s Djerba island. [ADL & Mos]
12. May 23 – Two soldiers were killed and five colleagues were wounded when their military vehicle was struck in a landmine explosion on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. [AP, Bab, Mos & TAP]
13. May 28 – Gunmen attacked the residence of Tunisian interior minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou in the town of Kasserine, killing four police officers who were guarding the premises and wounding three colleagues. The incident was attributed to the KUIN. [AFP, AP, Mos & TAP]
14. May 30 – A police border post came under attack from a band of gunmen near the town of Ben Guerdane, in the Médenine governorate. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Bab & Mos]
15. Jun. 01 – Militants battled Tunisian troops conducting operations during a shootout in Aïn Debba, in the Jendouba governorate. No one was hurt in the fighting. [Bab & Mos]
16. Jun. 02 – A group of terrorists clashed with Tunisian troops in a gun battle in the Jendouba governorate. Nobody was hurt in the encounter. [Mos]
17. Jun. 11 – Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as they passed by near Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
18. Jun. 18 – A civilian was abducted by militants from Hassi el-Farid, in the Kasserine governorate. The hostage was released later that day. [Mos]
19. Jun. 22 – Militants clashed with police forces during a gun battle near the village of Oued Argoub Mimoun, in the Kasserine governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Bab & Mos]
20. Jun. 30 – Six soldiers were wounded when an army vehicle was struck in a landmine explosion near Sakièt Sidi Yousef, in the Kef governorate. [Bab, Mos & 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)