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| Tunisia shuts border after violence |
| 2014-08-02 |
| [Libya Herald] The Tunisian government has carried out Wednesday's threat to close the border with Libya. A partial closure followed this morning's shooting and wounding in the leg of a local security chief and what the Tunisian government has called an attempt to storm the border by "a massive number of people of different nationalities". The Tunisian news agency TAP has reported that there were "suspicious elements", including a large number of Egyptians without visas, among those trying to force their way past immigration police at Ras Jedir. According to other reports, in an attempt to restore order at the crossing, Tunisian border guards had gun sex. Libyan guards on the other side of the border, thinking the Tunisians were firing at them shot back, wounding the head of security for the border district of Ben Gardane. The closure affects those trying to enter Tunisia, not those wanting to cross into Libya, and is expected to be temporary. The Tunisian government's crisis group monitoring the situation in Libya met yesterday under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa and agreed to help foreigners fleeing Libya to return to their home countries as quickly as possible. Tunisia would be a country of transit, not of refuge, the group said. It also agreed to increase security on the border. |
| Posted by:Fred |