TUNIS — Tunisian police killed two militants during clashes near the Algerian border, where the military has been targeted previously in ambushes, the army said on Wednesday. The fighting came after army and police launched a major operation this week to flush out militants from a base in the Chaambi mountains near Algeria. “Our special forces killed two members of the terrorist group in Chaambi mountains in an exchange of fire,” said army spokesman Bel Hassen Ouslati. “The Tunisian army seized weapons, after the confrontation with terrorists,” he added. Last month, four Tunisian police were killed in a militant attack in the same central region of Kasserine. — Reuters
