Tunisia police kill two militants

TUNISIA: Tunisian police killed two militants on Wednesday and seized arms and an explosive belt prepared for suicide attacks during a dawn raid in a central province, the interior ministry said.

“A security operation carried out this morning, in Karma town, was a preventive assault against two terrorists planning attacks in the region,” the ministry said in a statement. It said weapons, a sui- cide belt and other material was seized in the house.

A civilian was also killed in clashes between police and the two suspects during the raid, a security source said.

On Monday, three soldiers were killed and 8 wounded in an ambush by militants using landmines, rockets and gunfire on a military patrol in a remote mountain area near to Kasserine.