Militant Incidents in Tunisia (Jan.-Mar. 2019)

by | Apr 8, 2019 | Incident Reports, Tunisia Coverage

Geographical distribution

Total casualties

1 fatality

11 injuries

Militant violence trending
insignificant variations

c

Total Incidents

Dorsal Highland Insurgency
(share of total incidents)

%

Breakdown by conflict

  • Highlands Insurgency (12)
  • Political Violence (2)
  • Islamist Militancy (1)

Overview of incidents

  1. Jan. 03 – Two operatives of the KJT blew themselves up as police forces raided their hideout in the town of Jelma, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. One officer was wounded in the incident. [Jaw, Mos & MS]
  2. Jan. 21 – Unidentified assailants set fire to the vehicle of a local police chief in Ksar Hellal, in the Monastir governorate. [Jaw]
  3. Jan. 24 – Two civilians were seriously injured in a landmine explosion while foraging on Mount Zarzoura, in the Jendouba governorate. [Mos]
  4. Jan. 24 – Three hunters were wounded in a landmine explosion on Mount Ouergha, in the Kef governorate. [Jaw]
  5. Feb. 15 – A couple was briefly abducted by a band of suspected JaKI militants on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & MS]
  6. Feb. 19 – Cadres of the JaKI captured and subsequently beheaded a civilian on Mount Mghila, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Jaw, Mos & MS]
  7. Feb. 21 – JaKI militants detonated three landmines as security forces were conducting operations on Mount Mghila, in the Kasserine governorate. Nobody was hurt in the blasts. [Mos & MS]
  8. Feb. 23 – An elderly shepherd was critically injured in a landmine explosion as he we was grazing his flock on Mount Salloum, in the Kasserine governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  9. Feb. 23 – A landmine exploded as Tunisian troops were sweeping part of Mount Orbat, in the Gafsa governorate. One soldier sustained injuries in the blast. [Jaw & Mos]
  10. Mar. 01 – A soldier was wounded in a landmine explosion during military operations on Mount Orbat, in the Gafsa governorate. [Jaw & Mos]
  11. Mar. 02 – A parked vehicle belonging to the police was set on fire by an assailant in Bir el-Haffey, in the Sidi Bouzid governorate. [Jaw]
  12. Mar. 14 – A worker was seriously hurt in a landmine explosion at a road construction site on Mount Semmama, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos]
  13. Mar. 16 – Militants clashed with security forces during a gun battle near Ghardimaou, in the Jendouba governorate. No one was hurt in the incident. [Mos & MS]
  14. Mar. 17 – A civilian sustained injuries in a landmine explosion on Mount Mgila, in the Kasserine governorate. [Mos & MS]
  15. Mar. 20 – A group of terrorists briefly abducted six shepherds as they were collecting firewood on Mount Mghila, in the Kasserine governorate. [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)