Kidnapped Tunisian diplomats Mohamed Ben Cheikh and Aroussi Gontassi returned to Tunisia on June 29; they were held by Ansar al Sharia, which had been demanding the release of two Libyan Islamist militants held in Tunisian prisons. Tunisian officials denied that any “Libyan terrorists” had been released but said they had information about the kidnappers which they could not disclose. Four soldiers and two National Guardsmen were injured when their vehicle drove over a landmine during a security sweep in Kef. Border officials at Ras Jedir seized nine shotguns hidden in the gas tank of a car driven by two Tunisians returning from Libya.
