About 150,000 supporters of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party rallied in Tunis. Special forces shot and killed a terrorist in Tunis; four other terrorists were arrested in the raid. Special forces foiled an assassination attempt against a political official in Sousse; two terrorists were arrested and a third suspect fled. A Salafist in possession of military uniforms was arrested in Sousse; three more Salafists were arrested after they tried to steal a police officer’s weapon. Customs officials prevented the infiltration of three Salafists from Libya. The military denied reports it had killed six terrorists and captured four in the Jebel Chaambi area; a soldier was killed by a landmine today. Some military sources claim that Islamist militants are launching an intensified campaign against the country’s security forces.
