Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Jan. – Mar. 2015)

1. Jan. 03 – Terrorists captured a police officer and subsequently killed him by slitting his throat near Fahs, in the Zaghouan governorate. [Bab, Reut & TAP]
2. Jan. 04 – Unidentified assailants set fire to a Sufi Muslim mausoleum in Mhalhel, in the Kébili governorate, causing only minor damage. [Bab & TAP]
3. Jan. 06 – Thugs set fire to a police station in the village of Redaïf, in the Gafsa governorate. The incident occurred during a riot by labor union activists. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
4. Jan. 14 – A group of assailants stabbed and wounded a Tunisian soldier in the town of Mourouj, in the Ben Arous governorate. [Mos, TAP & TL]
5. Jan. 21 – Unknown attackers hurled two firebombs at a school in the town of Kef. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Bab]
6. Feb. 06 – An army vehicle was struck in a landmine explosion near Touiref, in the Kef governorate. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [Mos]
7. Feb. 07 – A police station was set on fire by thugs during rowdy demonstrations by people opposed to new import taxes in Dehiba, in the Tataouine governorate. [Mos]
8. Feb. 09 – Assailants set fire to three houses belonging to policemen during rioting by protesters angry over new taxes in Dehiba, in the Tataouine governorate. [TL]
9. Feb. 10 – An office of the nationalist NT party was set on fire by Salafi thugs in the town of Soliman, in the Nabeul governorate. [Mos]
10. Feb. 14 – Terrorists abducted a civilian after stopping his car near Jradou, in the Kef governorate. The hostage was released shortly afterwards. [Mos]
11. Feb. 15 – Attackers hurled an incendiary bomb at a local government office in the town of Douar Hicher, in the Manouba governorate. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
12. Feb. 16 – A Sufi Muslim shrine was torched by a group of unknown assailants in Fahs, in the Zaghouan governorate. No one was hurt in the attack. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
13. Feb. 18 – Four policemen were killed when terrorists opened fire at a security checkpoint in Boulaâba, in the Kasserine governorate. The attack was claimed by the KUIN. [AFP, AP, Mos, Reut & TL]
14. Feb. 28 – Terrorists opened fire at a border security patrol in Babouch, in the Jendouba governorate, sparking a gun battle. Nobody was hurt in the encounter. [Bab, Mos & TAP]
15. Mar. 18 – Gunmen fired at tourists visiting an antiquities museum in the Bardo suburb of Tunis, killing 21 foreigners and one local civilian. The dead included four Italians, four French citizens, three Japanese nationals, three Poles, two Spanish visitors, an Australian, a Belgian, a British citizen, a Colombian national and a Russian tourist. At least 46 people, including thirteen Italians, eleven Poles, seven French nationals, three Japanese visitors, a Belgian citizen, a South African and a Russian national, were wounded in the incident. The attack was followed by gun battles between the two terrorists and security forces in which a policeman was killed. Both militants were eliminated in the clashes. The DaISN claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, AP, BBC, CNN, Reut, TL & TT]
16. Mar. 22 – A soldier was killed and two others were wounded when a military vehicle was hit in a landmine blast in the Kef governorate. [AFP, Reut, TAP & TT]
17. Mar. 22 – Assailants hurled a homemade firebomb at a police post in the town of Menzel Jemil, in the Bizerte governorate, causing only minor damage. [Mos]
18. Mar. 31 – A group of militants raided and looted several houses near the town of Ghardimaou, in the Jendouba governorate. Nobody was injured in the incident. [Mos]
19. Mar. 31 – A band of terrorists plundered several houses near the town of Sakièt Sidi Youssef, in the Kef governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [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)