AQIM Squad Hits Tunisia Checkpoint

(Reuters) - Men who opened fire on Tunisian officers in the north of the country on Wednesday were suspected members of Al Qaeda, a security source told Reuters.

The group of nine armed men killed four military and policemen at a checkpoint, the source said, revising an earlier figure. Three of the assailants were killed.

The men were thought to be members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM), the source said.

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