Rabat- A 30-year-old female suicide bomber blew herself up Monday afternoon in Tunis, injuring nine people.
Rabat- A 30-year-old female suicide bomber blew herself up Monday afternoon in Tunis, injuring nine people.
Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in the center of Tunis, was shaken by a “terrorist explosion” that wounded eight policemen and one civilian, Tunisian interior ministry spokesman Sofiene Zaag told Agence France Presse (AFP).
Officials say the explosion took place near police vehicles and Le Palmarium shopping center in the city’s busiest location which is often frequented by tourists.
Mohamed Ekbal bin Rajib, an eyewitness, told Reuters, “I was in front of the theatre and heard a huge explosion and saw people fleeing.”
Photos of the suicide bomber’s corpse at the scene have circulated social media.
Tunisia, especially its capital city has been haunted by terrorist attacks since 2015, when a mass shooting by Islamist terrorists claimed the lives of 21 foreign tourists at Bardo Museum in Tunis.
