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4 Tunisian soldiers killed by landmine

03 July 2014 02:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Four Tunisian soldiers were killed on Wednesday afternoon by a landmine in the northwestern part of the country, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The explosion occurred when the four soldiers were carrying out a sweeping operation on a military vehicle, the sources said.

On Tuesday, four soldiers and two national guard officers were injured during a previous sweeping operation, also in the mountainous region of Kef, following the explosion of a landmine.

Security forces have been fighting Al-Qaeda-linked militants hiding near Tunisian-Algerian borders since 2012, but have so far failed to eliminate them and fully control that area.

More than 20 security personnel have been killed in the area since the beginning of the battle, mostly by improvised bombs and mines.