Tunisia says senior militant commander killed in raid


  • World
  • Sunday, 29 Mar 2015

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces have killed a senior Algerian militant who they accuse of helping orchestrate the Bardo museum attack which targeted foreign tourists, Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid said on Sunday.

The militant commander, Khaled Chaib, also known as Lokman Abou Sakhr, was accused of carrying out most of the recent attacks in Tunisia as part of the Okba Ibn Nafaa group that operates along the mountain border with Algeria.

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