The interior ministry announced on late Saturday that Tunisian soldiers and members of the National Guard shot dead two “terrorist elements” in the center-west of the country.
The statement stated that the operation took place in the mountainous Kasserine region near the border with Algeria.
The Kasserine range is known as an area where jihadists take shelter, such as Jund al-Khilafa who is affiliated to both Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI).
The country has been in a state of emergency since a suicide attack in Tunis in November 2015 that killed 12 members of the presidential guard.
On March 22 it ordered a shutdown as part of measures to contain the Coronavirus pandemic. It is due to stay in place until April 19.
