A Tunisian has been arrested on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Kais Saied, revealed Tunisian security forces.
Sources in the capital, Tunis, said the “lone wolf” suspect was a Tunisian member of the ISIS terrorist group and had infiltrated the country from neighboring Libya.
Security forces in the city of Monastir arrested a man who was inciting to assassinate Saied. He had posted his “terrorist” incitement on Facebook, said the Interior Ministry.
This is not the first time that the president has revealed a plot to kill him.
He had previously spoken of a plot to poison his food and the presidency had received an envelope containing a poisonous substance.
Saied had on Friday accused political forces of plotting his assassination.
“I fear no one but God. If I were to die, I will die a martyr,” he declared.
Moreover, he said some sides were “conspiring” to turn foreign countries against the president and Tunisia.
They will be thwarted by the law, he vowed.
Saied also criticized political Islam, saying some sides claim to adhere to Islam, but often resort to lies in their political life.
A spokesman for the moderate Islamist Ennahda refuted the president’s hints that the party was plotting to kill him.
Fathi Al-Ayadi called on the security and judicial agencies to investigate the president’s claims to reassure the people.
