Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Jul.-Dec. 2019)

by | Feb 26, 2020 | Incident Reports, Tunisia Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

3 fatalities

5 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Dorsal Highland Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by conflict

  • Islamist Militancy (6)
  • Highlands Insurgency (3)
  • Libyan Spillover (1)

Overview of incidents

  1. Jul. 02, 2019 – A terrorist exploded while being chased by policemen at a railway station in the Intilaka suburb of Tunis. Nobody was hurt in the blast. [Jaw, Mos & TN]
  2. Jul. 18, 2019 – An attacker crashed a grader into the perimeter fences and wall of a border guard post in Hezoua, in the Tozeur governorate. No one was injured in the incident. [Mos, TN & Web]
  3. Jul. 27, 2019 – A soldier sustained injuries in a firefight between a group of terrorists and an army unit near Ghardimaou, in the Jendouba governorate. [Mos & TN]
  4. Aug. 01, 2019 – Assailants set fire to the parked car of a customs agent in the city of Tataouine. The JaKI asserted responsibility for the incident. [Mos]
  5. Sep. 02, 2019 – A soldier was killed in a gun battle between a band of KUIN terrorists and security forces conducting operations in Hidra, in the Kasserine governorate. Three militants were eliminated in the fighting. [Jaw, Mos & TN]
  6. Sep. 06, 2019 – Unidentified assailants set fire to two parked public buses in the town of Midoun, on the island of Djerba, in the Médenine governorate. [Mos]
  7. Sep. 08, 2019 – An Islamist militant stabbed and injured a policeman guarding the governmental headquarters in the town of Tozeur. [Mos]
  8. Sep. 23, 2019 – An Islamist terrorist stabbed and killed a police chief outside a courthouse in the city of Bizerte. The assailant also injured a soldier at a nearby bus station. [Jaw, Mos & TN]
  9. Oct. 14, 2019 – A terrorist stabbed and killed a French national in Zarzouna, in the Bizerte governorate. The attacker also injured a soldier as he tried to flee the scene of the attack. [Jaw, Mos & TN]
  10. Oct. 27, 2019 – Unidentified militants abducted a local civilian near Sbiba, in the Kasserine governorate. The hostage was released shortly afterwards. [Mos]
  11. Nov. 08, 2019 – An officer was stabbed and injured by an attacker at the provincial police headquarters in the city of Sousse. [Mos]
  12. Nov. 17, 2019 – Gunmen belonging to an unidentified Libyan armed group opened fire at a Tunisian military unit that was inspecting a breach of the border fence in Menzela, in the Médenine governorate. No one was hurt in the encounter. [Cho]

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)