Local media reported that a suicide bomber on a moped blew himself up near a group of police outside the embassy.
At least one member of Tunisia's security services has been killed in a suicide attack on the U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, according to local media reports.
Local radio station Radio Mosaique was among the first to report Friday's attack, in which a suicide bomber on a moped blew himself up near a police car outside the American embassy. A second attacker was also killed trying to carry out the attack, Reuters reported citing the Interior Ministry. Initial reports said at least five people had been wounded in the explosion, which damaged nearby vehicles and left debris strewn across roads.
Radio Mosaique said the first fatality was a lieutenant named Tawfiq Al-Misawi, who was from the city of Sidi Bouzid in the center of the country. The embassy confirmed the attack on Twitter, explaining:"Emergency personnel are responding to an explosion that occurred near the U.S. Embassy in Tunis. Please avoid the area and monitor local media for updates."spoke to an official inside the embassy soon after the attack, but they declined to comment.
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