Tunisian Police arrest person digging tunnel near French Ambassador's residence

Tunisian police have arrested a suspicious person who was digging a tunnel in a house near the French ambassador's residence, the country's interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Police received information about suspicious activity at a house in the capital of Tunisia near the residence of the French ambassador, the ministry said in a statement.

"Among those who often entered this house, there was a man known to the security forces for extremist activities. The house was taken by assault, after which traces of a tunnel were found," the statement read.

The anti-terrorist department of the Tunisian Prosecutor General's Office has begun an investigation into the incident. (ANI/Sputnik)

( With inputs from ANI )

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