A Tunisian soldier has been killed and three others were wounded in a mine blast in the restive Kasserine region, the defense ministry said Saturday, in an attack claimed by al-Qaeda-linked jihadists.
The mine exploded Friday, April 26 on Mount Chambi, in Kasserine, where the army has conducted search operations since 2012 to hunt down jihadists linked both to al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the ministry said.
The area which borders Algeria – a “closed military zone” since 2014 – is considered to be a bastion of Okba Ibn Nafaa, a local affiliate of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Okba Ibn Nafaa claimed responsibility for the attack, SITE Intelligence Group reported late Friday.
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Source: The Defense Post