Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Jul. – Sep. 2018)

by | Oct 21, 2018 | Incident Reports, Tunisia Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

8 fatalities

13 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Dorsal Highland Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by conflict

  • Highlands Insurgency (9)
  • Islamist Militancy (1)

Overview of incidents

  1. Jul. 08 – Militants hurled a hand grenade at police patrol before raking it with gunfire in Aïn Soltane, in the Jendouba governorate. Six policemen were killed and three colleagues were wounded in the incident. The attack was claimed by the KUIN. [Jaw, Mos, MS & Reut]
  2. Jul. 08 – Suspected JaKI fighters set fire to a Sufi Muslim mausoleum in the Thamad area of the Kasserine governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Mos & MS]
  3. Jul. 10 – Cadres of the KUIN clashed with security forces during a shootout in Oued Iroug, in the Jendouba governorate. No one was injured in the encounter. [Mos & MS]
  4. Jul. 12 – An attacker stabbed and injured two policemen as they were patrolling a beach on Djerba, in the Médenine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  5. Aug. 01 – Operatives of the JaKI plundered a bank in the town of Kasserine. Nobody was hurt in the incident. [Jaw, Mos & MS]
  6. Aug. 24 – A house was pillaged by a group of JaKI militants near Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & MS]
  7. Aug. 30 – A soldier sustained injuries in a landmine explosion during an operation at an undisclosed location in the Kasserine governorate. [MS]
  8. Aug. 30 – Five soldiers were wounded when an army unit was hit in a landmine explosion in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & MS]
  9. Sep. 03 – Two soldiers were wounded in a landmine blast at an undisclosed location in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  10. Sep. 24 – Two civilians were killed when their vehicle was struck in a landmine explosion on Mount Bouhaya, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & MS]

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)