4 Tunisia cops slain at house of minister

TUNIS, Tunisia: Gunmen attacked the home of Tunisia’s top security official while his family was inside, killing four of the policeman standing guard, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
The attack on Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou’s home in the southern city of Kasserine took place just before midnight and involved six or seven attackers in a commandeered sports utility vehicle, ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui told local radio stations.
The Tunisian public radio said that the minister’s family, including his wife, two children and two brothers had been inside the house during the attack and were unharmed. Ben Jeddou was in Tunis at the time.
Authorities said they uncovered a terror plot allegedly targeting industrial and tourist sites.
“It was an expected reaction to Sunday’s operation by security forces to foil a terrorist group planning to attack the economy and destabilize the country,” Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa said. “They want to do us harm but they will not beat us.”