Tunisian Authorities Break Up Alleged Al Qaeda Terror Cell
Tunisian Minister of the Interior Ali Larayedh announced during the evening of February 13, that 12 Tunisian suspects from an alleged Islamic extremist group with ties to Al Qaeda have been detained. Larayedh reported that the Ministry of Interior has discovered that the group had been stockpiling cash and weapons with the aim of building an Islamic emirate in Tunisia during it’s ongoing investigation.
Most of the arrested suspects, who were under the age of 30, already had a record of involvement in terrorist activities, and had been released from Tunisian prisons after being granted presidential amnesty immediately following the revolution.
Many Tunisians affiliated with groups suspected of being linked to Al Qaeda were imprisoned under Tunisia’s previous anti-terror law during the regime of Zine El-Abddine Ben Ali.
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