Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Apr. – Jun. 2015)

1. Apr. 07 – Five soldiers were killed and seven colleagues were wounded when a band of more than thirty militants fired rocket-propelled grenades and sprayed gunfire at a Tunisian military patrol near Sbeitla, in the Kasserine governorate. The KUIN was suspected in the incident. [AFP, Jaw, Reut & TAP]
2. Apr. 10 – A band of militants raided and pillaged a grocery shop in the village of Ayoun, in the Kasserine governorate. No one was hurt in the attack.[Jaw]
3. Apr. 21 – Three soldiers were killed and seven colleagues were wounded in gun battles between a band of militants and security forces on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. Fourteen terrorists were eliminated in the fighting. [Jaw & Mos]
4. Apr. 21 – Unidentified assailants set fire to a police station in the Kalaat el-Andalous suburb of Tunis. No one was hurt in the incident. [Jaw]
5. Apr. 22 – A soldier was killed in a gun battle between militants and Tunisian troops on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [TAP]
6. Apr. 23 – A group of militants wounded three soldiers during a shootout with Tunisian security forces on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [TAP]
7. Apr. 30 – Severrql soldiers were hurt when an army vehicle was hit in a landmine blast near Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw]
8. May 05 – Assailants hurled firebombs at a police patrol in Souk Lahad, in the Kébili governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Jaw]
9. May 09 – Thugs set fire to a paramilitary police station in the town of Faouar, in the Kébili governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Jaw, Mos & TAP]
10. May 18 – Two landmines went off as a shepherd passed by with a flock of sheep on Mount Ouergha, in the Kef governorate. Nobody was injured in the explosions. [Jaw & Mos]
11. May 26 – A landmine exploded as security forces conducted operations near Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. No one was hurt in the blast. [Jaw & Mos]
12. May 27 – Three policemen were hurt when gunmen fired shots at security forces during confrontations between protesters and security forces in the town of Kébili. [Mos & TAP]
13. Jun. 05 – Two police stations and a parked police car were set alight by thugs during a bout of rioting in Douz, in the Kébili governorate. [Jaw & TAP]
14. Jun. 07 – Unidentified assailants torched a police station in Souk Lahad, in the Kébili governorate, causing only minor damage. [Mos & TAP]
15. Jun. 15 – Two paramilitary policemen were killed when militants attacked a security checkpoint near Bir Lahfay, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. The JaKI was suspected in the incident. [AFP, AP, Jaw, Mos & TAP]
16. Jun. 15 – One policeman was killed and four others were wounded when a group of gunmen attacked a border security post in Ghardimaou, in the Jendouba governorate. A civilian was also hurt in the incident. The KUIN claimed responsibility for the attack. [AFP, AP, Jaw & Mos]
17. Jun. 15 – Gunmen opened fire at a police post in Sidi Ali Ben Aoun, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate, killing one officer and setting off a firefight. Three other policemen, one soldier and eight civilians were wounded in the incident. One of the attackers was eliminated in the clash. The JaKI was suspected in the incident. [AFP, AP, Jaw, Mos & TAP]
18. Jun. 26 – A terrorist fired at tourists lounging on a beach before rampaging through a resort hotel in the Port el-Kantaoui suburb of Sousse. The attacker killed 38 tourists and wounded 39 other people. The dead included thirty British nationals, three Irish citizens, two Germans, a Belgian, a Russian national and a visitor from Portugal. At least 25 Britons, eight Tunisians, three Belgians, a German national, a Russian and an Ukrainian citizen were wounded in the incident. The attacker was killed in retaliatory gunfire by policemen. The DaISN claimed responsibility for the incident. [AFP, AP, Jaw & Reut]
19. Jun. 27 – A roadside bomb exploded as an army vehicle passed by near Mount Ouergha, in the Kef governorate. Nobody was hurt in the attack. [TAP]
20. Jun. 27 – Militants plundered several homes in Argoub Maez, in the Kef governorate. No casualties were reported in the incident. [Jaw, 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)