Security forces arrested over 60 suspected militants in raids in Kasserine, Sidi Bouzid, and El Kef, including Makram Mouelhi, 34, head of an armed terrorist group in Garn Halfaya. In a crackdown on militant Islam, the government ordered the closure of all mosques not regulated by the government, as well as those mosques where celebrations were held following the killing of 15 soldiers in Jebel Chaambi on July 16. Sixteen people, including extremists, were arrested for celebrating the attack on the soldiers. Unknown assailants opened fire on a military equestrian club in Kasserine.
