2006–2007 Tunisia clashes

Skirmishes in Soliman and Hammam-Lif, Tunisia 2006–2007 Tunisia clashes Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Tunisia in its region.svg 23 December 2006 – 3 January 2007 Soliman and Hammam-Lif, Tunisia Tunisian government victory border|20px GSPC Lassaad Sassi 2 dead 14 dead, 17 arrested 60 dead On 23 December 2006 and 3 January 2007, Tunisian security forces engaged in clashes with members of a group with connections to the Islamist terror group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in the towns of Soliman and Hammam-Lif south of the capital Tunis, killing more than a dozen people.http://www.weeklystandard.com/terror-in-the-maghreb/article/14408 Terror in the Maghreb 14 February 2007September 2024 medicmedichttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17308138 Profile: Al-Qaeda in North Africa BBC News 17 January 2013 Clashes On 23 December, two Islamists were killed and two arrested in a shootout with police in the town of Hammam-Lif south of Tunis.https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/world/africa/14tunisia.html Tunisia Says Suspects in Gun Battle Had Blueprints of Embassies The New York Times 14 January 2007 Smith Craig S. On 3 January, at least two members of Tunisian security forces and twelve Islamists were killed, and fifteen arrested in a clash in a forested area near Soliman.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-13-fg-briefs13.3-story.html Archives Los Angeles Times 13 January 2007 Among those killed was the leader of the group, Lassaad Sassi, a former Tunisian policeman who had spent time in Afghanistan and headed a terror network based in Milan, Italy. Sassi's group had reportedly established training camps in the mountains in Djebel Ressas and Boukornine south of the Tunisian capital.Anneli Botha Chapter 4: Terrorism in Tunisia https://issafrica.org/chapter-4-terrorism-in-tunisia Institute for Security Studies June 2008 According to French daily Le Parisien at least 60 people were killed in the clashes. It was later revealed that the Islamists had been in possession of blueprints of foreign embassies as possible targets. The attacks were the most serious by Islamists in Tunisia since the Ghriba synagogue bombing in 2002. References Category:Mass shootings in Tunisia Category:2006 conflicts Category:2007 conflicts Category:2006 mass murders Category:2007 mass murders Category:Islamic terrorism in Tunisia Category:2006 murders in Tunisia Category:2007 murders in Tunisia Category:2006 mass shootings in Africa Category:2007 mass shootings in Africa Category:2006 disasters in Tunisia Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2006 Category:Terrorist incidents in Tunisia Category:2007 disasters in Tunisia Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2007 Category:December 2006 crimes Category:December 2006 in Africa Category:January 2007 crimes in Africa Category:January 2007 in Africa Category:21st-century mass murders in Tunisia Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2006 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2007