Tunisian police shoot man trying to attack Interior Ministry - local media

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A file photo shows members of the Tunisian police at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital Tunis. (Photo: AFP)
AMMAN - Police in the Tunisian capital shot and wounded a man who tried to storm the Interior Ministry on Friday, local media said. It said that the police shot the man in the leg and brought him under control. In a post on their official Facebook page, police unions called the man an extremist and published pictures of a knife and cleaver that they said the man had carried. Read More Region & World Read More Erdoğan: Attack on "Freedom Flotilla" Was Israeli Piracy Houthis: We Targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv with a Ballistic Missile Gaza Death Toll Rises to 52,535 Amid Ongoing Israeli Aggression
AMMAN - Police in the Tunisian capital shot and wounded a man who tried to storm the Interior Ministry on Friday, local media said.

It said that the police shot the man in the leg and brought him under control.

In a post on their official Facebook page, police unions called the man an extremist and published pictures of a knife and cleaver that they said the man had carried.

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