Tunis — An armed man was killed and three others arrested as they sought, on Saturday night, to attack a military patrol assigned to guard electoral equipment at a primary school in Haffouz (Kairouan), Spokesperson for the National Defence Ministry Lieutenant-Colonel Belhassan Oueslati said."The servicemen responded immediately and foiled the attack; a 20-year-old man belonging to the armed group and carrying a 16mm caliber shotgun was killed," Oueslati told TAP.
Three suspects were arrested, one of whom suffered a hand injury; a soldier was also shot in the shoulder and taken to the hospital. His condition is stable, he indicated.
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