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Police kill a man who set himself on fire outside a Tunisian synagogue

Jan. 25, 2025 07:50 AM EST

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A man set himself on fire in front of the Grand Synagogue in the Tunisian capital and was killed by police, the Interior Ministry said. A police officer and a passerby suffered burns. The man started the fire after sundown Friday, around the time the synagogue...

20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia

Dec. 19, 2024 09:19 AM EST

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 20 people who appeared to have drowned after a shipwreck off the country's Mediterranean coastline, near a popular point of departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe by boat. The country's National Guard...