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Tunisian forces have killed nine men allegedly belonging to the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, accused of organising the attack on its national museum, the interior ministry said Sunday. The nine militants of the country's main jihadist group, were killed in the mountainous area of Sidi Aich, in west-central Tunisia. In the military operation, Tunisian forces killed Lokmen Abou Sakher, leader of the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade that authorities claimed to be behind the March 18 attack on the Bardo Museum. |