The criminal chamber specialized in terrorist cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance handed down a life imprisonment sentence on Wednesday to an extremist involved in a 2021 attempt to break into the Tunisian Ministry of Interior, wielding a cleaver.
The convicted individual, in a fully conscious state according to the indictment, deliberately orchestrated the act of terrorism.
Hailing from a city along the Tunisian coast in the central east, the assailant, on the day of the incident, journeyed to the Tunisian capital in a vehicle belonging to a relative.
The vehicle was later abandoned near the "Al-Jalaz" cemetery, two kilometers away from the main street of Tunis.
The assailant then made an attempt to forcibly enter the Ministry of Interior headquarters, brandishing a cleaver at a security patrol responsible for guarding the premises.
Investigations conducted by counter-terrorism units indicated that the suspect spent some time in a local coffee shop before moving. At precisely 4:00 pm, armed with a cleaver, he tried to infiltrate the ministry but security forces shot him in the leg.
The assailant was transported to the hospital for treatment before being subsequently transferred to prison.
The life imprisonment verdict was handed down under Tunisia's Law on Counter-Terrorism enacted in 2015.
