{"id":44072,"date":"2013-10-30T13:55:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T11:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=44072"},"modified":"2013-10-30T13:55:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T11:55:44","slug":"suicide-bomber-attack-beach-resort-tunisia-breaking-news-44072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/suicide-bomber-attack-beach-resort-tunisia-breaking-news-44072\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bomber attack beach resort Tunisia \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44103\" title=\"Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack\" alt=\"Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack-280x196.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sousse-Tunisia-Suicide-Bomber-Attack-514x360.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>A man has blown himself up at a Mediterranean resort town Sousse\u00a0in Tunisia which is popular with British holidaymakers.<\/h1>\n<p>The man, who was wearing a belt of explosives, detonated his charge near the Riadh Palm Hotel in Sousse &#8211; moments before security forces foiled a second similar attack elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told Tunisian media that the man appeared to be about to enter hotel when he exploded.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed to be the first suicide bombing ever in Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>A would-be suicide bomber who tried to blow himself up at the tomb of former President Habib Bourguiba in the southern city of Monastir was captured by police.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An attempted attack targeting the compound of the Bourguiba mausoleum was foiled &#8230; and a young man carrying explosives was arrested,&#8221; said ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Laroui.<\/p>\n<p>The suicide bomber in Sousse, which is\u00a0situated\u00a090 miles south of the capital Tunis, was the only person killed in the attack, the interior ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of any other casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Sousse has long been a major destination for European tourism, a sector that was just now recovering from a catastrophic drop following the country&#8217;s 2011 revolution which kick-started the Arab Spring.<\/p>\n<p>The country has been battling unrest since the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali&#8217;s secular dictatorship, and has seen the rise of a hardline Islamist movement that has armed itself and carried out attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Tunisia&#8217;s moderate Islamist government began a crackdown on Ansar al-Sharia, one of the most radical groups to emerge since the uprising.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s leader is a former al Qaeda veteran who once fought in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Nine police officers were killed in clashes with militants earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More follows&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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