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Tunisian security forces on Monday killed two Islamist militants from the extremist group Ansar al-Sharia and arrested two others in a Tunis suburb, the interior ministry said.
According to Aljazeera, The two men arrested, Mohamed Khiari and Mohamed Aouadi, are leaders of Ansar al-Sharia's military wing and are implicated in the assassination of opposition legislators Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi.
news24 reported that, the killings and arrests came during a sweep in a Tunis northern suburb by the anti-terrorist squad. The fighters died after a heavy exchange of fire, the ministry said in a statement, naming just one of the deceased, Adel Saidi.
Since 2011, Tunisia has been rocked by waves of violence blamed on armed groups that were repressed earlier.
