Tunisian authorities detain suspect after video claim over killings at Nice church
- ‘The man was arrested today in one of Tunisia’s provinces,’ said Mohsen Al Dali, spokesperson for the Tunis Court
- The video purports that the self-styled Ansar Al Mahdi group was behind the Nice attack, said Al Dali
Tunisian authorities have detained a man in connection with a video claiming responsibility for a shadowy militant group allegedly linked to this week's deadly attack in the French city of Nice, a judicial official said.
The video, released on October 30, purports that the self-styled Ansar Al Mahdi group was behind the Nice attack, Mohsen Al Dali, spokesperson for the Tunis Court, said.
“The man was arrested today [Saturday] morning in one of Tunisia's provinces,” he said, without details or specifying the suspect’s nationality.
The official added that the alleged group did not exist in Tunisia and had never claimed responsibility for any terrorist attack in the past. “Investigations are ongoing regarding this organisation. Anyway, the content of the video glorifies the Nice operation, which is in itself can be considered a terrorist crime,” he said.
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In France, investigations continued, with a 29-year-old Tunisian man detained on Saturday in the city of Grasse, some 25 kilometres outside Nice, news agency AFP reported, citing judicial circles.