Tunisia arrests 20 suspected militants following Bardo Museum attack

Published March 21st, 2015 - 05:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Following the terrorist attack on Bardo Museum, Tunisian forces arrested 20 suspected militants, reports Reuters.

Twenty foreigners and two Tunisians were killed after militants attacked a museum in the Tunisian capital on March 18th.

Tunisia has been battling extremists since the country's revolution in 2011 against former PresidentZine El-Abidine Ben Ali inspired the Arab Spring. The North African nation has so far managed to avoid the violence the rest of the region has been facing.