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Tunisia Builds Anti-Terror Barrier

In its bid to deter terror attacks, Tunisia has taken its war beyond weapons and intelligence, with the completion of the first part of a 200km barrier made of sand banks and water trenches along its border with Libya.

Tunisia’s Defence Minister, Farhat Horchani, announced on Saturday that the second phase of the project would involve installing electronic equipment with the help of Germany and the US.

According to Tunisian Security Forces, the defences designed to make the border impassable by vehicles, had already helped to reduce smuggling.

The construction of the barrier was announced last summer after 38 people were killed on a beach by a gunman said to have trained in Libya.

More than 3,000 Tunisians had left to fight with the Islamic State (ISIS) group and other Islamist militants in Syria and Iraq, but Mr Horchani said that many had since returned to join the group in Libya.

Adeyiga Abisoye

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