Minister: Armed gang in Tunisia had al-Qaeda links
The armed group that clashed with Tunisian forces in the south of the country earlier this month had links to al-Qaeda, the interior minister said Monday as he announced a wave of arrests tied to the incident.
Tunisian forces caught up with a three-man armed militant cell on Feb. 2 and killed two of them after a gunbattle the day before that wounded two soldiers and a national guard member. (AP)
