Tunisian Police Arrest Person Digging Tunnel Near French Ambassador's Residence - Ministry

Tunisian Police Arrest Person Digging Tunnel Near French Ambassador's Residence - Ministry

Tunisian police have arrested a suspicious person who was digging a tunnel in a house near the French ambassador's residence, the country's interior ministry said on Wednesday

CAIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd November, 2021) Tunisian police have arrested a suspicious person who was digging a tunnel in a house near the French ambassador's residence, the country's interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Police received information about suspicious activity at a house in the capital of Tunisia near the residence of the French ambassador, the ministry said in a statement.

"Among those who often entered this house, there was a man known to the security forces for extremist activities. The house was taken by assault, after which traces of a tunnel were found," the statement read.

The anti-terrorist department of the Tunisian Prosecutor General's Office has begun an investigation into the incident.