Tunisia attack was suicide bomber who blew himself up on bus, official says

TUNIS (Reuters) - The attack on a Tunisian presidential guard bus that killed 13 was a suicide bomber carrying a backpack who blew himself up getting into the vehicle, a government official said on Wednesday, citing an investigation.

"According to the preliminary details, the attacker was wearing a bag on his back. He had on a coat and was wearing headphones. He blew himself up just getting into the door of the bus with military explosives," Hichem Gharbi, a presidential security official, told local Shems FM radio.