The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Habib Esid, said today that terrorists are currently preparing attacks in that country, which aim at a large number of human casualties and great damage to the Tunisian economy, and announced the construction of a wall along the border with Libya, in order to prevent the entry of jihadists.
"We believe that Tunisia is threatened by terrorist attacks aimed at creating instability, attacks that aim to kill as many people as possible and destroy the economy," Esid said, as reported by the AP agency.
Addressing the Tunisian parliament, Essid also justified the imposition of a state of emergency on July 4, prompted by a terrorist attack by Islamic militants on tourists on a beach in the resort of Sousse on June 26, when 38 foreign tourists, mostly British, were killed.
The Tunisian authorities plan to build a 160-kilometer wall along the border with Libya, the prime minister said in a statement to Tunisian state television, adding that the construction will be completed by the end of the year.
Esid added that the wall, which will stretch from the Mediterranean coast inland and will be built by the army, will be equipped with surveillance centers with cameras.
The gunman responsible for the Sousse attack, 23-year-old Sejfedin Rezgi, is believed to have received training at a jihadist base in Libya.
The attack in Sousse was the second terrorist attack in Tunisia in the past three months, after 18 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed in the Bardo National Museum in the country's capital on March 22.
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