Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Oct. – Dec. 2018)

by | Jan 21, 2019 | Incident Reports, Tunisia Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

3 fatalities

29 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Dorsal Highland Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by conflict

  • Highlands Insurgency (8)
  • Political Violence (2)
  • Islamist Militancy (1)

Overview of incidents

  1. Oct. 03 – Two soldiers were killed and ten colleagues were injured when a military vehicle was struck in a landmine blast on Mount Chaâmbi, in the Kasserine governorate. The KUIN claimed responsibility for the attack. [Mos & MS]
  2. Oct. 21 – Two women were seriously injured in a landmine explosion on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  3. Oct. 29 – Two female shepherds were wounded in a landmine explosion on Mount Mghila, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Jaw, Mos & TAP]
  4. Oct. 29 – A female suicide bomber blew herself up as a police patrol passed by on a boulevard in the city center of Tunis. Eight policemen and five civilians were injured in the blast. [AFP, BBC, Jaw, MS & TAP]
  5. Nov. 29 – A woman was seriously wounded in a landmine explosion on Mount Semmama, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos, MS & TAP]
  6. Nov. 29 – A civilian sustained injuries when motorcycle-borne terrorists opened fire at a police patrol in the town of Kasserine. The JaKI claimed responsibility for the attack. [Jaw, Mos, MS & TAP]
  7. Dec. 14 – The brother of a fallen soldier was shot and killed by JaKI terrorists at his home near Mount Mghila, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & TAP]
  8. Dec. 14 – A bank was pillaged by a band of JaKI militants in the town of Sbiba, in the Kasserine governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Mos, MS & TAP]
  9. Dec. 25 – A local government office was attacked with firebombs by thugs in the town of Foussana, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  10. Dec. 27 – A band of about twenty thugs hurled several firebombs at a police station and an office of the customs agency in Foussana, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & TAP]
  11. Dec. 27 – Several soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on Mount Mghila, in the Kasserine governorate. [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)