Tunisia: Death toll in clashes near Libyan border raises to at least 30 people

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TUNIS, Jumada I 27, 1437, Mar 7, 2016, SPA -- Tunisian authorities said that death toll raised to at least 30 people in clashes between Tunisian police and unidentified gunmen near the Libyan border. The interior and defense ministries said in a joint statement Monday that the dead included 21 attackers, one Tunisian soldier and 8 civilians. Interior Ministry spokesman Yasser Mosbah earlier told The Associated Press the gunmen targeted a police station and military facilities at dawn Monday in the border town of Ben Guerdane in eastern Tunisia. --SPA 14:16 LOCAL TIME 11:16 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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