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Gunfire exchanged near Tunisia central bank

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Tunisian security forces fought a gun battle with gunmen stationed on a rooftop near the central bank headquarters in the capital, state television reported on Sunday. Military and police sources said security forces had killed the gunmen, the television station's reporter said from the scene of the clashes.

 

A military official interviewed on state television said two gunmen had been killed. He said they had been killed by fire directed at them from a helicopter. The central bank is in the centre of Tunis, a block from the Interior Ministry headquarters. (Reuters)

 

 

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