MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Tunisian security forces have killed 21 militants and detained six during clashes in the Tunisian city of Ben Gardane near the border with Libya, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said Monday on its official Facebook page.
"At dawn today March 7, 2016, in a first assessment, security and national army units killed 21 terrorists and arrested six others. Four people died after synchronized attacks by armed terrorists against security and the national guard sectors and the army barrack in Ben Gardane," the ministry stated.
The clashes began early Monday when militants attacked army, police and National Guard positions in the center of the city. The search for more militants is ongoing, the ministry said.
