TUNIS, Tunisia, Nov. 24 (UPI) ─ Several people were killed Tuesday after a bus carrying presidential guards exploded in the capital of Tunisia.
At least six people were killed in the blast, which reportedly occurred on a busy street in central Tunis.
The Independent reported the explosion went off near the headquarters of the Democratic Constitutional Rally, or RCD party, which was ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring.
The cause of the explosion was unknown, but regional militant groups have in the past targeted civilians and government personnel in the country.
The incident comes one week after Tunisian security forces foiled a plot by suspected Islamist militants to attack a beach resort in Sousse, on the country’s eastern Mediterranean coast.
A prior June attack near the Imperial Marhaba Hotel, later claimed by the Islamic State, ended after gunmen killed at least 37 people.
