2015 Tunis bombing | |
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Part of ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | |
Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
Date | 24 November 2015 |
Target | Presidential escorts |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapon | Semtex explosive belt[1] |
Deaths | 14 (including the perpetrator)[2] |
Injured | 16 |
Perpetrators | Houssem Abdelli |
On 24 November 2015, a bus carrying Tunisian presidential guards exploded, killing 12, on a principal road in Tunis, Tunisia.[3][4] ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[5][6] The bomber, who also died in the attack, was identified as Houssem Abdelli.[1]