Man fatally stabs police officer outside Brazilian embassy

A ministry official said the attacker, 53, was mentally ill and the stabbing was not being treated as terrorism.

Update: 2023-06-19 14:59 GMT

A man fatally stabbed a policeman on duty outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunis on Monday.

The Interior Ministry said the police shot the attacker in the leg and arrested him.

A ministry official said the attacker, 53, was mentally ill and the stabbing was not being treated as terrorism.

The policeman later died from his wounds, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said. 

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