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Tunisian president taken to hospital: presidency
June 27, 2019 / Updated 4 minutes ago

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (partly hidden) attend a welcomeing ceremony at the start of his two-day state visit to Malta, in Valletta, Malta February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, was on Thursday brought to a military hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said on Thursday.

No more details were immediately available.

Reporting by Tarek Amara and Ulf Laessing; Editing by Toby Chopra

Tunisian president hospitalized 'in severe health crisis': presidency

Tunisia's 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the country's transition to democracy since 2011, was taken to a military hospital on Thursday after suffering a "severe health crisis", the presidency said.

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56 Takfiri Elements Arrested in Security Crackdowns in Tunisia
Wednesday, 2 October, 2019

Tunisian police stand guard near a house in Raoued, a northern suburb of the capital Tunis. Reuters/Anis Mili

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Tunisian security units specialized in fighting terrorism have arrested 56 takfiri elements in several Tunisian states, including Bizerte and Manouba (northern Tunis).

The elements were arrested during security crackdowns aimed at pursuing elements having links to the two stabbing incidents that had taken place in Bizerte last week.

Head of the security office in Bizerte’s Court of Appeal was killed in the incidents and a soldier was slightly injured.

Regarding details of these security crackdowns, the Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Public Security confirmed that security services have implemented a precise plan.

The plan, it said, called for pursuing suspects whose names were mentioned during interrogations with the arrested terrorists after the attack in Bizerte and were in contact with Malik al-Thawadi, who carried out the two stabbing attacks.

According to information provided by the interior ministry, the detainees, aged between 25 and 43, possessed knives and extremist-oriented books considered to be a threat to Tunisia’s national security.

It is noteworthy that a similar security crackdown was carried out following the stabbing incidents in Bizerte, and it included various areas in the governorate. It resulted in arresting two takfiri elements on Monday.

Security agencies fighting terrorism arrested last week four terrorist elements linked with the stabbing incidents.

The cell was ready to carry out further attacks against security and military figures.