Tunisian authorities said a female suicide bomber killed herself and her baby during security operations in an interior mountainous province.
In one operation, Tunisian forces were tracking an armed group in the Mount Salloum area of Kasserine province. They killed one suspected fighter, whose wife then killed herself by activating an explosive belt, the statement said.
The explosion killed her baby in her arms, while an older daughter also at the scene survived, according to the ministry.
Authorities said it was the first time they had reported the presence of a woman among armed groups taking refuge in the area.
