Medenine — A Tunisian fishing boat sailing from Zarzis, with 19 fishermen on board, was fired upon by a Libyan coast guard vessel.
A fisherman got killed in this raid, according to information provided by a security source to TAP news agency correspondent in Medenine.
The Tunisian boat's trespassing of Libyan territorial waters was the cause of this attack, the same source explained.
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