Tunisian security forces arrested 11 suspects in the crime that took place near the Algerian borders and killed one policeman, AFP reported Wednesday.

Tunisian security forces arrested 11 suspects in the crime that took place near the Algerian borders and killed one policeman, AFP reported Wednesday.

Quoting a security official, the news agency said that “11 men, bearded ones, were captured, and another one is still on the run.”

On Monday, gunmen shot and killed Anis Jlassi, head of the police station in the western region of Kassarine and wounded four of his men.

Security forces had been hunting for the gunmen near Dernaya.

At the beginning of the operation, the security services said they were seeking five "bearded" men and that they had located their camp, where an item of Algerian origin and a Tunisian SIM card were discovered.

Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry said security forces defused on Tuesday an explosive device that a man had left on a bus in Kairouan in central Tunisia, without providing further details.