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Tunisian policeman, three militants killed in clashes

  • 02 Sep 2019
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Tunisian police stand guard near a house in Raoued, a northern suburb of the capital Tunis. File photo/Reuters

A Tunisian policeman and three militants were killed on Monday in a security operation near the Algerian border, two weeks ahead of presidential elections on Sept.15, state television reported.

The policeman who was killed was the head of a police station in the town of Haidra, it added.

Reuters

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