Death toll rises in Tunisia landmine explosion

One more Tunisian soldier died of wounds sustained in the landmine explosion that targeted security forces as they combed an area in Mount Chaambi, where militants killed eight soldiers last week in the deadliest attack on Tunisian forces in decades. In the capital Tunis, Interior Ministry official Lotfi Hidouri said police raided a house where militants were hiding weapons in the Kabaria district. "The police killed a terrorist and arrested five others," he said. On Sunday, the army announced that one Tunisian soldier was killed and seven others wounded by a landmine near the Algerian border, where security forces have been hunting Islamist militants. "The landmine was planted by Islamist extremists. It exploded when their tank rolled over it in a security sweep in Mount Chaambi," he said, referring to a remote border area where militants killed eight troops last Monday in one of the deadliest attack against Tunisian security forces in decades.