Tunisia policeman killed in suspected Islamist attack

Tunisian police stand guard near a house in a northern suburb of the capital Tunis, February 4, 2014. (Reuters)

Suspected Islamist extremists slit the throat of a Tunisian policeman south of the capital overnight, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Since the revolution of January 2011, Tunisia has seen a rise in Islamist extremism and tackling it is one of the main challenges facing the country’s first freely elected President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was sworn in on Wednesday.
 
 
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Source News: Alarabiya