He said the victims were waiting in the low-income neighbourhood of Hay Zohour for transportation to the neighbouring town Kairouan when they were attacked on Wednesday.
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The gumen targeted three policemen, two of which are left unharmed, despite earlier claims they had been hit.
A Tunisian policeman has been shot dead by a gunman on a motorbike in the resort of Sousse, where 30 Britons were killed in a terror attack. “One of them was hit and died in hospital”, said Rafik Chelly, Tunisian secretary of state for national security.
Tunisia is struggling to protect its vital tourism centres following the Sousse killings and an attack in March against foreign visitors at the Bardo Museum in Tunis.
In the chilling massacre, a student named as Seifeddine Rezgui pulled out a Kalashnikov hidden in a beach parasol and fired bullets at sunbathers lounging on a beachfront resort. The authorities carried out raids across the country to capture the culprits linked with the deadly shooting on the foreigners.
According to reports, more than 3,000 Tunisians have gone to Iraq, Syria and Libya to fight alongside Islamic State militant group.
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Police patroling beach at Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, Tunisia.
