Reuters, citing the Tunisian Ministry of Defense, reported that “the combined units of the army, guards and security forces eliminated 3 terrorists in the province of Kasserine.”

Earlier, Tunisian Coast Guard spokesman Hossam Eddine Jabali said in a statement that “Coast Guard units prevented 16 maritime border crossing attempts and rescued 326 illegal immigrants, including 217 of various African nationalities.” In this regard, the units of the National Guard, operating in the regions of Zarzis and Gabes in the southeast of Tunisia and Mahdia in the center of the east, announced last night “the arrest of 8 people involved in operations to deport illegal immigrants.” through illegal trips to the Italian coast.”

It should be noted that for many years there has been a large influx of illegal African migrants on the coast of Tunisia, who want to get to the southern coasts of the countries of the European Union, where, according to statistics from the International Organization, illegal immigration recorded thousands of victims. for migration.