Tunisia PM: Leading Suspect in Museum Attack Killed
A leading suspect in a deadly museum attack on foreign tourists has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, Tunisia’s prime minister said Sunday.
State news agency TAP cites Prime Minister Habib Essid as saying that Khaled Chaieb, also known as Abou Sakhr Lokman, was killed overnight in an operation in the Gafsa region near the Algerian border. In all, nine terrorist suspects were killed in raids around the country.
Chaieb is believed a prominent militant in al Qaeda’s North African arm, and suspected of leading or helping lead the March 18 attack on the National Bardo Museum.