Two soldiers killed in clashes between terrorists and armed forces in Ghar Etine, in the delegation of Sakiet Sidi Youssef 4 km from the Tunisian-Algerian border, said Colonel Major, Lamjed Hammami, spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense. to the TAP agency.
Aviation intervened in the zone of confrontation that was completed, added the same source, specifying that soldiers, injured in this operation, were transported to the KEF regional hospital.
Still according to TAP, a source from the local hospital of Sakiet Sidi Youssef, confirmed that the hospital received the body of a soldier, who fell as a martyr in this operation, suffering from burns. Another soldier succumbed to his injuries shortly after his admission to the KEF regional hospital, she said.
Two injured soldiers were transported to Jendouba Regional Hospital to be operated on, and two others were kept at the local Sakiet Sidi Youssef hospital.
(Update 23:00): According to the testimony of the injured, the terrorist operation was carried out by dozens of terrorist elements, reports the correspondent of the TAP.
(Update 8:45 pm): These are chief warrant officers Lamjed Arfaoui and Omar Tlili, said Rachid Bouhoula, the press officer of the Ministry of Defense
This statement, still provisional, was confirmed by the national television Al Watania 1 which broadcast a trailer also speaking of two soldiers killed and four other injured.
Al Watania 1, national television spoke of six injured at the start of the evening.
These clashes were triggered shortly before the break of the fast, confirmed Rachid Bouhoula, the press secretary to the Ministry of Defense.
