(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TUNIS, July 9 (KUNA) -- Tunisia declared on Thursday aborting a "terrorist plot" intended to target the nation vital tourism sector and State sites.
The ministry of interior said in a statement personnel of the unit for probing terrorist crimes carried out a pre-emptive operation foiling "terrorist schemes set to target the tourism sector and sovereign headquarters."
The plot main matsermind has been apprehended, the ministry statement added.
The detainee confessed, during interrogations, to belonging to "the terrorist Islamic State (Daesh) organization." He told interrogators that he recruited a number of "takfiris as a prelude to carrying out his long term schemes."
The group had monitored potential targets, observing security precautions around the facilities and buildings.
The statement indicated that the top matsermind had been nabbed along with a number of those he had recruited. They were referred to the judicial department for combating terrorism and were put behind iron bars, pending further interrgations into the case.
Tunisia, which heavely depends on tourism as a State income, has witnessed in the past terror attacks intended to scare off foreign tourists. (end)
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