Tunisian counter-terrorism security services arrested two Tunisian brothers accused of adopting terrorist ideology and suspected of belonging to a terrorist organization.
Forces seized ammunition in their house, including five cartridges used in Kalashnikov weapons and one cartridge for armored vehicles.
This incident prompted security forces to be on alert, especially since Jendouba, located north-west of Tunisia, is one of the areas in which terrorist organizations are active and hide in mountains that extend to the borders with neighboring Algeria.
In details of the security operation, two brothers accused of terrorism, aged 30 and 35, were possessing live ammunition at their residence. After receiving permission from the Public Prosecutor's Office, forces stormed their houses and found these cartridges.
During interrogation, the younger brother confessed he had brought the cartridges from neighboring Libya since 2014 when he was working and living there.
Starting from this confession, the counterterrorism forces will investigate whether his confession was true, find the reasons behind keeping them throughout this time and check the possibility of their communication with Tunisian terrorist elements residing in neighboring Libya.
Tunisian security sources said the two brothers’ position is critical as they will not be able to defend their possession of munitions.
Keeping the illegal possessions for five years makes it worse, sources added, especially that they could’ve got rid of them or handed them over to security or military apparatuses.
Thus, suspicions over being part of terrorist organizations operating in Libya have increased now.
Tunisian terrorists who have carried out criminal acts in the country received military training in Libya. Those terrorists include Sayf al-Din al-Rizqi, perpetrator of the attack on tourists at a beach resort in the eastern city of Sousse, and Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui, who carried out an attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis.
In anticipation of further details, the two brothers have been arrested and imprisoned pending their referral to the Tunis-based Anti-terrorist Brigade (BAT) to complete the investigations with them.
