Tunis (Reuters) - The freshly banned jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia was planning a series of political assassinations in Tunisia in its effort to establish an Islamic emirate in North Africa, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
The ministry disclosed Ansar's plans one day after Prime Minister Ali Larayedh declared it a terrorist organisation and said the state now had proof the militants had killed two secular politicians and several soldiers this year.
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