Tunis - XINHUA
Tunisian anti-terrorist police have seized large quantities of weapons and ammunition in the capital Tunis as part of a nationwide operation, Mosaique FM reported on Sunday, quoting the Al Chourouk daily. The report said the seized weapons, including guns and hand grenades, were found in a populous district of the capital and the towns of Nabeul and Le Kef, adding that the weapons were smuggled into Tunisia by a group of radical Islamists. In a related event, the Algerian army has destroyed a four- wheel drive vehicle transporting weapons from Libya and heading for the Tunisian border, Mosaique FM said, adding that at least two assailants were killed and some others injured in an exchanging fire.