Tunisian intelligence has dismantled a Daesh cell, avoiding a major terror attack planned on hotels and against security forces, Reuters reports.
Seventeen Daesh militants were arrested, many of whom were trained in Syria and Libya.
"We have foiled a major attack this month that the terrorist cell was preparing against vital installations, hotels, security centers and against politicians to bring chaos to the country," Interior Ministry security chief Rafik Chelli said.
Tunisia suffered two major terror attacks this year, both of which were claimed by Daesh. Gunmen killed 21 tourists in an attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis in March. Later in June, a gunman shot and killed 38 foreigners at a beach hotel in Sousse.
