At least 12 people have died in what is thought to have been a suicide bomb attack on a bus full of Tunisian presidential guards.<\/p>\n
The capital Tunis is now under curfew and a 30-day state of emergency has been announced.<\/p>\n
Ambulances rushed at least seventeen wounded people from the scene of the explosion on Mohamed V Avenue, close to the Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the guards were boarding the bus to be taken to the presidential palace on the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the third major attack in Tunisia in 2015.<\/p>\n
In March gunmen killed twenty one tourists at the capital\u2019s Bardo Museum, while in June an Islamist militant opened fire on foreigners at a beach hotel in the resort of Sousse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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