Tunisia says it has dismantled 150 militant cells in past 6 months

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells prior to now six months, a spokesman for the Nationwide Guard mentioned on Saturday.

He added that a few of the international militants arrested had been planning to affix “Jond Kilafha”, a gaggle linked to Islamic State in Libya and within the mountains on the Tunisian-Algerian border.

“Makes an attempt of assaults concentrating on neighbouring nations had been thwarted and a cell that was planning to stab the inside minister within the south of the nation was dismantled,” Houssem Eddine Jbebli advised reporters.

The North African nation has been beneath a state of emergency since 2015, after an assault during which a lot of presidential guards had been killed.

Tunisian safety forces have thwarted most militant plots in recent times and have change into extra environment friendly at responding to these assaults that do happen.

(Reporting By Tarek Amara; Enhancing by Christina Fincher)